Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2019

Because of its popularity, Delaware is also statistically a popular state for investors to finance businesses. The purpose of the bylaws is to outline the basic procedures and operations of your business. The cash from each share issued can help the company start, run, and grow operations. In that case, use it!

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

Any company that raises venture financing will need to be a C corp in order to issue preferred stock. If founders want the benefit of flow through tax treatment with respect to losses prior to an outside financing, an S corp election may make sense as long as there are no entity or non-U.S. citizen/resident stockholders.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances. The job of a startup CFO is very different from one at a “big” company.

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BeyondVC

AUGUST 9, 2006

The best plan in my mind is to make sure that any company we invest in has a tremendous market opportunity with a real business model and high operating margins that can eventually generate real cash flow. Sure I have a plan when I invest, but it is impossible to predict the future. technology sector. When in doubt, remember cash is king.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2013

A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances. The job of a startup CFO is very different from one at a “big” company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2011

A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances. The job of a startup CFO is very different from one at a “big” company.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Innovators often assume that their organizations and industry will welcome new ideas, operating concepts and new companies. Or if they have a disruptive technology or business model, they want to create a new capability or operating concept – even creating a new market. Poison startup financing sources. Co-opt them.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 24, 2013

Smart startups prepare to face off against rent seekers and map out creative strategies for doing so… First, however, they need to understand what a rent seeker is and how they operate… ———-. Understand who has political and regulator influence and where they operate. PayPal – Dodging Bullets.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

And then we have the operations on the executive board who kind of handles the operations of the John Jantsch (05:25): Organization. But with HubSpot's crm, you can keep your marketing, sales, operations and service teams in sync on one powerful platform that grows with your business and leaves your competition in the dust.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Historically, different financial institutions specialized in different stages, because the assessment of risk and opportunity was considered unique at each stage — for example, a seed investor was unlikely to do late-stage financing, and vice versa. Some have argued that each of these companies would already be public in a prior era.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2020

A business owner’s lack of knowledge on accounting can have adverse effects on their venture, and can even become the reason why the business will face financial problems after years of operations. Separate Your Personal And Business Finances – Startup businesses usually have limited financial resources.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances. The job of a startup CFO is very different from one at a “big” company.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 26, 2020

Startup lawyers can help you decide on which structure is the best for you based on your finances, plans and goals. If your startup business has more than one founder, a Partnership Agreement, which is an operating agreement, is essential. SEC Regulations. Partnership Agreements. to resolve future conflicts.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 24, 2013

Smart startups prepare to face off against rent seekers and map out creative strategies for doing so… First, however, they need to understand what a rent seeker is and how they operate… ———-. Understand who has political and regulator influence and where they operate. PayPal – Dodging Bullets.

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Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 3, 2009

  I don’t know what happened at Canopy, and reports that the SEC has accused them of falsification of audit statements sounds extraordinary, but in any event the KPMG senior auditors should have been meeting directly with the audit committee board members, without management present, to sniff out any improprieties.

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Venture Chronicles

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The SEC fulfilled their obligation under the Frank-Dodd financial reform bill and defined what venture capital is. Only invests in equity securities of private operating companies to provide primarily operating or business expansion capital (not to buy out other investors), U.S. Bridge financing.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

A few years ago this was sort of a novelty… not that many startups were going public and not that many bloggers or mainstream journalists took the time or had familiarity with combing these SEC filings. So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. From Google Finance.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. By the first quarter of 2016, the late-stage financing market had changed materially. Investors were becoming nervous and were no longer willing to underwrite new Unicorn-level financings at the drop of a hat. This is uncharted territory.

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Gust

JULY 19, 2012

To some extent it will depend on what the SEC decides to do with the regulations surrounding the whole subject, which they have until the end of the year to write. This is an interesting question, and one to which no one really has an answer yet. I believe this is likely to continue, and that at least the two leaders will be very successful.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 1, 2013

In the past week, both AngelList and FundersClub got SEC "No action" letters --notices that their crowdfunding platforms were going to be allowed to keep operating without fear of getting run over by the government. That is why some entrepreneurs have turned towards an alternative to getting investment from us. call it karma.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 29, 2016

You’ve probably been dreaming of buying a vast swath of trendy office space – something big enough to accommodate foosball and air hockey tables – and re-fitting your operation with up to the minute tech. These people deserve a raise–nothing extravagant (we’ll get to why in a sec), but enough to make a difference for them.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Equity crowdfunding is likely to work more effectively for startups that require single rounds of thousands and plan to operate as a growing concern, rather than those requiring multiple rounds of millions in startup capital with goals of being acquired or going public via IPO. SEC definitions and rules. Disclosures. The platforms.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.) was spun out, and the valuation was set by that financing round.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

Crowdfunding: Its Practical Effect May Be Unclear Until SEC Rulemaking is Complete. On April 23, 2012, the SEC published guidance reminding issuers that “any offers or sale of securities purporting to rely on the crowdfunding exemption would be unlawful under federal securities laws” until the SEC adopts new rules.

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Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Seeking initial investment for your social enterprise places you in the “seed stage” of financing your company. A company called 33Needs operates a funding platform especially for social enterprises. The crowdfunding strategy, however, has also caught the attention of the SEC and has been regulated by the 2012 JOBS Act.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2017

This approach was originally stimulated by Steve Blank’s posts Why Board Meetings Suck and Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 2 of 2 but modified to fit the more varied and flexible reality that I operate in. I prefer this package to be distributed by the CFO and not the CEO – it then becomes part of the operating rhythm.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

These firms can provide various services, including financing and business advice. The Series A round is when the company raises more money to expand its operations. It also manages the fund’s operations and collects management fees. The management company must file certain reports with the SEC and some states.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 1, 2018

It appears in our SEC filing as $5 million because we had $2.5 For this round, we chose to work with Active Capital , a new fund based in Texas led by Pat Matthews and Pat Condon, because they agree wholeheartedly with the funding and operating strategy I describe below. We use the Touch Zero Operating Model to manage our business.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

Patents and the threat of patent infringement lawsuits provide maximum leverage against a competitor when they’re in the middle of a strategic inflection point… a major financing, acquisition, or large product launch. Are they, were they, and the SEC were when a few brave souls were warning about Madoff to deaf ears?

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Y Combinator : They provide a series of AA equity financing documents that are written with simpler words so start-up companies will have an easier starting point. Startup Threads. Videos/presentations. SlideShare. Haiku Deck. GoAnimate *.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

I have come to believe during my time as an operator, entrepreneur and investor that the balance of these skills is so important to the long-term health of a business that if balance is not achieved early then the impact later can be profound - sometimes terminal. The former focussed on biz. and the latter on tech.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

A few weeks ago, Coinbase , which facilitates buying, storing and purchasing cryptocurrency and also operates a cryptocurrency exchange, went public. Coinbase was founded in 2012 and operates a cryptocurrency exchange. And of course, I wasn't really interested in the finance side of it to me. I'm curious.

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Version One Ventures

MARCH 29, 2017

Others are looking for baseline information on operational expenses (i.e. Mission : To provide answers to those questions that founders/operators frequently ask their investors and peers, and to replace anecdotes with data-supported answers. 2: Privately held operational. 4: Publicly available operational.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 14, 2012

FC is the latest Kickstarter type site to launch to give entrepreneurs the opportunity to raise financing from a large number of individuals. In many respects, the service is similar to the way Angel Groups operate, or at least the way Sand Hill Angels, where I was a long time member does. I'm curious as to how the SEC will view FC.

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