Angel investors are different than the typical VC investor. While an Angel may have a personal interest in the company, the founders, or the product that drives the investment, VCs invest almost solely based...
Is your startup sitting on a legal landmine? Entrepreneurs have their hands full trying to get their companies off the ground. With endless demands and “to dos” and limited time, legal matters...
The best time to start thinking about your company’s exit is at the beginning. There are several reasons for this, the most important of which is positioning your company to be able to find funding when it...
A trademark is any unique word, name, symbol, letter, figure, design or mark used to indicate the “source” or “origin” of goods or services and to distinguish those goods and services from the goods and...
Over this post and the next, I want to cover two types of intellectual property that seem to get confused a lot. Those types of IP are copyrights and trademarks. When entrepreneurs are just starting out on...
With the economy teetering on heading into a severe recession, conventional wisdom would be that its time to pull back, to hang onto scarce resources. I disagree in one very important way. Now is the perfect time to...
Almost every entrepreneur will wrestle early-on with a non-disclosure agreement. Sometimes, it is the entrepreneur herself or himself wielding the NDA; sometimes, it will be a potential business partner or supplier. New...
Data shows that startups founded by solo entrepreneurs are more successful that those founded by entrepreneurs with one or more partners. So says an April 30, 2019 article in Inc. written by Minda Zetlin. Ms. Zetlin’s...
Conventional wisdom says that you can’t improve what you can’t measure. Many startup founders take this wisdom to heart, and they try to measure as many metrics as they can. Financial metrics help a startup analyze its...
Cybersecurity has been a buzzy topic for the last couple of years. Almost all companies maintain information in electronic form, and when these companies connect to the internet, that electronic information is at risk...
There is a species of intellectual property to which many entrepreneurs give little thought – the Right of Publicity. The Right of Publicity is a person’s ability to control and profit from the commercial use of their...
PROCESS is 99% of innovation. That’s a great observation, but it doesn’t tell you the “how” of process. Here’s how to create an innovation process: (1) define what you do; (2) measure how you do it; and (3) whatever...
Angels and VC’s are different breeds of cat. Let’s look at some of the macro criteria Angels and VC’s evaluate when deciding whether to make an investment. Understanding these investors’ different approaches will help...
The form of entity you choose is largely determined by how you see your business developing and what you think your exit strategy will be. If you think you have a scalable company that you intend to grow quickly and...
A warm welcome to all! In our blog, we hope to provide insights and nuggets of knowledge about legal topics of interest to startups – and businesses generally – that will help you on your journey. If there is ever a...
Anne T.