PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - Why Raise Capital?
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - The Aspects of Raising Capital from Start-Ups to More Established Companies
Embracing Change & Community: The Keys To Startup Success With Chris Heivly
The Best of Founder Shares: Highlights Wisdom of Season's Guests
A Conversation with Janade du Plessis of Launch Africa Ventures: Balancing Sustainable Development with ROI
The Force is Strong with this One – Success and Paying it Forward with Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor and Spiffy Scot Wingo
Hunting Outsized Returns with Jason Caplain of Bull City Venture Partners
Through the Lens: From serial entrepreneur to neutral who gets deals done - Focus on Daniel Garrie
A View From the Starting Line – A Conversation with Teenpreneur Tierney Schmidt
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 159: Bob Quinn, Executive Director, and Adrianne Grimes, Director of Marketing and Comms, SCRA
From Accidental Entrepreneur to a $2.5M raise, with Cycle Labs' Josh Owen
The One Reason Startups Fail, with VentureSouth's Charlie Banks
When Two is Better Than One: Murphy’s Naturals and The Loading Dock Story with Philip Freeman
Huddling with Hutch adVENTURES: Behind the scenes with an early-stage venture capital firm
Assessing The Value Of Early-Stage PE Investments
The Rare Air of Elevation Oncology: Raising Nearly $200M in 2 Years, with CEO Shawn Leland
The Legal Side of Raising Money: Startup Funding Questions Answered, with Anna Tharrington
Startup CEO Who Coded His Way Out: Rainway’s Andrew Sampson
A Feathr Touch: Navigating Customer, Employee and Investor Relations with Aleksander Levental
Biggest Legal Mistakes in Your Startup, with Hutchison's Justyn Kasierski
Private company clients frequently ask us about granting compensatory stock options to their founders, employees and other service providers, including board members, consultants and advisors. Options and other equity awards...more
When an investor is thinking about betting on an up-and-coming software innovator, what do they look for? We asked, and they answered....more
As we’ve noted in a previous article, the Y Combinator-hosted SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) has become the investment contract of choice for startup companies that have already attracted investors. However, the...more
Startup founders are constantly seeking ways to gain a competitive edge and secure their place in the market, including positioning their company as an attractive acquisition target from the very beginning. While building a...more
One common problem of early-stage ventures is the difficulty in determining a company valuation when recruiting capital from investors. This problem derives from the tension between entrepreneurs’ desire for a high valuation...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: How to Talk About Valuation When a VC Asks - VC’s have polished their questions for startups through hundreds of meetings with various companies....more
After years of increasing acceptance of and reliance on convertible note financings as a mechanism for funding early-stage companies, we have noted a clear emerging trend away from such transactions (and others like them,...more
A key milestone in the lifecycle of many successful companies (and, admittedly, many unsuccessful companies) is obtaining financing from angel or venture capital investors, but in negotiating with experienced investors...more
The 2016 Venture Capital Report provides an in-depth analysis of, and outlook for, the US and European venture capital markets. The report features industry and regional breakdowns, and a look at trends in venture capital...more