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Do It Right!
The adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” may be over-used, but it continues to apply when businesses don’t seek legal counsel. I have seen countless…
Selling Your Company 101 – Part 4
I’ve been blogging recently about the M&A process from the perspective of an early stage company positioning itself for acquisition by a larger company. My most recent blog described the…
Selling Your Company 101 – Part 3
Two of my recent blogs discussed various actions that companies should undertake to prepare for sale of their business (with a diversion last month for a post discussing the SEC’s…
New Rules for Crowdfunding!
In the midst of my recent series of blogs about preparing to sell your company (two blogs posted, two more planned), the Securities and Exchange Commission released a number of…
Selling Your Company 101 – Part 2
In my most recent blog, I described two vital areas that every company should closely consider, both as a general matter and in preparation for sale of the company: ensuring…
Selling Your Company 101 – Part 1
A large portion of my practice involves helping high-growth companies prepare for and work through the process of selling their company. Many M&A deals are messy in ways that could…
Series Seed Investments – Words to the Wise
As discussed in my previous blog, Series Seed documents are typically more appropriate for seed investments than the more complex and burdensome NVCA forms. However, since the initial release of…
Series Seed Investments – Shorter Simpler Documents?
One of the challenges of seed investments is that the time and expense involved in negotiating and documenting the investment can balloon to the point where the investment doesn’t make…
Care and Feeding of an Advisory Board
My last two blogs considered whether an advisory board is right for your company, as well as addressing some of the issues to consider once it has been decided to…
Advisory Boards – Getting Off to a Good Start
In my last blog I discussed the pros and cons of having an advisory board for your company. If you have decided to set up an advisory board, you now…