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New · Coming Summer 2026

ZERO

How Founders Legally Pay No Tax on Their Exit

The founder's field guide to QSBS and Section 1202, the legal playbook for keeping tens of millions when your company exits, instead of handing it to the IRS.

★ Foreword by [ a founder you admire ]
Hardcover · eBook · Audiobook
Pre-liquidity tax planning for founders
ZERO
How Founders Legally Pay No Tax on Their Exit
Kevin Saliba
Jason LeeKeenan
A TrellaTrusts Field Guide
ZERO
Kevin Saliba and Jason LeeKeenan
Praise

What founders are saying.

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★★★★★

“The clearest explanation of QSBS I’ve ever read. This would have saved me eight figures on my first exit.”

[ Founder & CEO ]
Exited, category-defining startup
★★★★★

“Every founder should read this before they raise a single dollar. It’s the move nobody tells you about.”

[ Serial Entrepreneur & Investor ]
Multiple exits
★★★★★

“Dense with the exact, defensible moves that keep millions in your pocket, legally. I bought copies for my whole cap table.”

[ Two-time Founder ]
Backed by top-tier VCs
★★★★★

“Finally, a plain-English guide to the strategy the ultra-wealthy have used quietly for years.”

[ Founder & Operator ]
Well-known SaaS company
Inside the book

The exact playbook, before your exit.

  • How the QSBS exclusion lets founders exclude $15M+ of gain, tax free.
  • How trust stacking multiplies that exclusion into tens of millions, legally and defensibly.
  • The timing that makes or breaks it, why you act before the term sheet.
  • How to build a structure that survives an IRS audit, not just a spreadsheet.
  • State-by-state traps, and how to keep your gains out of reach.
$15M+
kept at exit, and $0 paid to the IRS, when it’s structured right.
Foreword
“[ A short, powerful line from your foreword author about why this book matters. ]”
Foreword by [ a founder you admire ]
The authors

Kevin Saliba and Jason LeeKeenan

K
Kevin Saliba
Co-founder, TrellaTrusts

[ Short author bio, background, credibility, why they wrote the book. ]

J
Jason LeeKeenan
Co-founder, TrellaTrusts

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Coming Summer 2026

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