79. Start-Up Law with John Wires

79. Start-Up Law with John Wires

From The Entrepreneur Podcast by Eric Janssen and Eric Morse

March 11, 2026 · 1h 3m · Episode 79

About this episode

John Wires discusses the importance of start-up law and its implications for entrepreneurs in Canada.

If you are talking about start-up law in Canada, John Wires is often at the top of that list. Wires is the CEO of Wires Law, a corporate commercial law firm that has delivered legal services to entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses across Canada for over a decade. While it can often be seen as an intimidating or boring topic, legal implications can often be the making or breaking of a business, especially when success is baked into the formula. In this episode, Wires speaks freely with Ivey faculty member Eric Janssen about the role lawyers play in decision-making, how to calculate and mitigate legal risks, protecting intellectual property and the complications to consider when raising capital and diluting ownership when building a business. For those interested in learning more, download Wires free book, The Law for Founders - The legal playbook for Canadian founders — from incorporation to exit, in the link below: https://founderlaw.ca/ The Entrepreneur Podcast is sponsored by Quantumshift 2008 alum and founder of Closing the Gap Healthcare Group, Dr Connie Clerici.

People in this episode

Host: Eric Janssen

Guest: John Wires

Topics covered

  • start-up law
  • entrepreneurship
  • legal risks
  • intellectual property
  • capital raising
  • business decision-making

Keywords

  • start-up law
  • legal implications
  • entrepreneurs
  • intellectual property
  • capital raising
  • business law

Sponsors

Quantumshift

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wires Law

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