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Anatomy of a Term Sheet 3 – Dividends
Welcome to Part 3 of my series, Anatomy of a Term Sheet. If you are new to this series, I am analyzing in detail a Series A investment term sheet, using the model term sheet from the National Venture …
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Anatomy of a Term Sheet 2 – Pre-Money Valuation and the Option Pool
Welcome to Anatomy of a Term Sheet Part Two. In the first part, we looked at the introductory language and some of the basic offering terms in the model term sheet of the National Venture Capital …
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Anatomy of a Term Sheet – Part 1
Today I start a new series, Anatomy of a Term Sheet. I’m going to take a fairly standard term sheet for a Series A venture capital funding, and explore the various provisions in detail. There are a …
Startup Checklist
In previous posts, I have provided a lot of information on various aspects of getting a startup company established. I thought it would be useful to put a lot of that information in one post, as a …
Bring Your Own Device – Pitfalls and Policies
A fairly recent issue facing businesses and their employees is the trend known as Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD. This term describes the practice where an employer relies on its employees to bring …
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Splitting the Founders Equity
A question that would-be startup founders often ask is how they should split the equity among themselves. This is an excellent and extremely difficult question, and also one that I cannot answer for …
Is Crowdfunding a NonStarter or a Kickstarter?
In 2012, Congress passed the JOBS Act, which among other things, created a new exemption under federal securities laws for crowdfunding. Under the law, companies will be able to raise funds through …
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Brand Name Protection – The Three Pillars
Recently I wrote about the importance of ensuring that your desired corporate name is available, as a key step before filing to incorporate your company. Today, I will take an even broader view of …
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Five Startup Keys
I wanted to share this article by Rebekah Campbell, founder of Posse, a social recommendation startup, in which Campbell shares five key lessons from her first year in business. There's no specific …