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Ah yes, Executive Order 13,489, the one that the birthers seized upon thinking that Obama was sealing his birth certificate with it. Of course, “presidential records” are those created by the president’s administration, not records of things that happened 40 years before. Do these things never go away?The preamble to the order reads:By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish policies and procedures governing the assertion of executive privilege by incumbent and former Presidents in connection with the release of Presidential records by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) pursuant to the Presidential Records Act of 1978, it is hereby ordered as followsExecutive Order 13,489[1] reversed a more restrictive policy on executive records signed by president George W. Bush,[2] and put things back to where they were under Ronald Reagan.Footnotes[1] https://fas.org/sgp/obama/presidential.html[2] https://fas.org/irp/offdocs/eo/eo-13233.htm

Here’s what happens when/if a sitting US president loses an election, but calls the results “fake”, orders “investigations”, and ultimately refuses to leave office:State elections officials, as they always do, investigate complaints about voting irregularities. If the vote results warrant it and a candidate requests a recount, that is done by state elections officials.The Governor of each state (and the mayor of Washington, DC) signs a Certificate of Ascertainment and copies are sent to various governmental bodies as required. This document lists the Electors that were chosen by the state by popular vote for the presidential election. You can see an example, this one for Illinois, here: https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2016-certificates/pdfs/ascertainment-illinois.pdfElectors meet in their individual states and cast their ballots for president and vice president. The results of those votes are delivered to Congress.In a Joint Session of Congress, the President of the Senate counts the votes for each state. Once the votes are counted, a winner is declared.At noon on January 20th, the winner of that election is sworn in as president and the former president ceases to be president at that moment.It doesn’t matter how much a US president cries fake or refuses to leave office. At the moment of #5, he or she has left office, regardless of whether they think they’re refusing.

There are subtle variations from state to state, but in general:After incorporating the company by filing a Certificate of Incorporation, the incorporator appoints the initial director(s) to the Board using a document called "Action by Incorporator." Usually this document also adopts the initial Bylaws.The Bylaws (and sometimes also the Certificate of Incorporation) establish the number of seats on the Board. Sometimes it's a range (e.g., 3 to 7), to be set from time to time by vote of the Board itself. There can be unfilled vacancies; usually the Bylaws allow the other incumbent directors to fill any vacancy by vote.Many startups have only one director to start with (the founder). Others will have two or three. Odd numbers are preferable because they avoid the possibility of a tie vote.If not appointed in the initial Action by Incorporator, additional directors need to be appointed either by vote of the incumbent director(s), if allowed by the Bylaws (e.g., to fill an authorized but vacant seat), or by shareholder vote. Well-drafted charter documents allow these things to be done by unanimous written consent rather than holding a meeting.At the beginning, directors are usually just the founders and perhaps a friendly person or two that's helping advise the company. A small "friends and family" round or convertible debt bridge financing is unlikely to change that. When the company closes a more substantial round of equity financing, usually the investors will ask for a Board seat. The mechanics and documentation are beyond the scope of this answer, as things get complicated in a hurry: The investment usually is in Preferred Stock, the Certificate of Incorporation is amended or restated to include many pages of additional language relating to the rights and preferences of the Preferred; a set of "protective provisions" will be negotiated giving the Preferred investors veto power over certain fundamental actions; and so forth.Most directors will want to be indemnified by the company against liabilities connected to their service. This is usually done both in the Bylaws and with a separate Indemnification Agreement entered into with each director. Those agreements should be approved by shareholders to maximize their chances of being enforced in court.It's a good idea to start cultivating potential independent directors early in a company's life. If things go well, you'll want to add at least one or two to offset the presence of investor directors on the Board; it reflects well on the company to have respected/prominent outsiders on the Board; and if the company every makes it to an IPO, stock exchange rules these days require independent outside directors on the Board.None of this is rocket science, but it isn't boilerplate either. When in doubt, consult an experienced startup lawyer to guide you through the process and generate the necessary stack of documents.