Founder Fundica.com (free site matching entrepreneur and funding), principal at R&D Partners (R&D tax credits), Previously Montreal Consulting (tech CFO for funding), BCE/Bell Canada (Director M&A), KPMG (tech consulting), and originally an engineer/developer. In 2013, won top 25 emerging entrepreneurs in QC (Bronfman Foundation) and Canadian Startup Literacy Awards Finalist (Intuit).
In Canada, you must also be a Canadian tax resident working for a Canadian entity is all that matters and only 10% of your R&D work may be outside the country. It does not matter where you work exactly. The rule are different in other countries.
Next to picking the right partner, the key is to keep the relationship as simple and light to manage as possible, while still ensuring it is a win-win situation.