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Emerging Businesses and Venture Capital in 2024: 10 Hot Topics for Founders, Investors, and Executives of Emerging Companies

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2023 was a pivotal year for the emerging companies, creating new categories of winners and losers across the board. Emerging companies incorporating artificial intelligence or that have clear line of sight to positive cash...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Exploring the Build to Scale Program: Funding Opportunities for Entrepreneurs and Tech-Driven Startups

On June 1st, the Economic Development Administration’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) within the U.S. Department of Commerce launched the application process for the Build to Scale (B2S) Program. This program...more

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It's (Mostly) Good to be the Serial Entrepreneur

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Two startups with competing, equally compelling technologies at the same stage of development are pitching venture capital investors for Series A funding.  One startup is led by a serial entrepreneur founder, the other by a...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - January 2020 #3

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: How to Run a Startup Part-Time Without Working Over Time - Interested in building a startup part-time? Numerous multi-billion entrepreneurs have started their...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - July, 2017

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: Learn The Basics of Startup Funding, From Incorporation to Series A Starting a business? Tech.Co offers a crash course in incorporation and funding....more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - October, 2016 #3

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: The first 100 days of your startup: From registering a name to funding options - How to start a startup: Advice from startup founders - Techworld talks...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Venture Capital Coast-to-Coast – January 2015

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Concern over higher valuations? Apparently not, as $59 billion invested in 2014 breaks the post-crisis record. LPs also set a post-crisis record with $32 billion in commitments to U.S.-based VC funds. PitchBook Data, Inc.,...more

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Massachusetts Adopts Intrastate Crowdfunding Rules, Effective Immediately

The Massachusetts Securities Division has recently joined a number of other states in adopting a “crowdfunding” exemption from securities registration requirements for certain offerings made within the Commonwealth, with the...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Crowdfunding Coming to Minnesota

A group has announced plans to introduce a bill that would permit the use of advertising and general solicitation in securities offerings to Minnesota residents. The bill refers to such offerings as “MNvest Offerings”...more

Gray Reed

Top 10 Legal Mistakes For Start-Ups

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1. You Haven’t Lawyered Up. OK, that may be a little dramatic, but the worst case scenario is that you have a handshake deal with your co-founders. After all, we are all buds, this won’t go wrong. Even if it never goes...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

IP|Trend: Starting Up Your Protection of Intellectual Property

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Start-ups are justifiably focused on getting products to market and ensuring that their financial runways are long enough to make it happen. But, failing to pay attention to long-term protections of intellectual property...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Third Quarter Venture Funding Declines 27% from Second Quarter

Last week, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), a trade association representing the U.S. venture capital industry, released the results of its MoneyTree Report on venture funding for the third quarter of 2014. ...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Entrepreneurs Report - 1H 2014

In this issue: - From the WSGR Database: Financing Trends for Q2 2014 - Trends in High Pre-money Valuation Financings - Price and Preference - Excerpt from Trends in High Pre-money Valuation...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Raising Money? Don’t Forget About the Tax Credits

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With many states continuing to use tax credits to seed entrepreneurial growth, entrepreneurs and legal counsel must understand the applicable state-sponsored programs and position qualifying businesses to take advantage of...more

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Thinking IPO? Timing Is Everything

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Notwithstanding the fact that the last several weeks did not go as planned for a few of the companies pricing or looking to price IPOs, and the associated speculation that the IPO window may be narrowing (if not closing) for...more

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Bootstrapping: The Independent Route to Attracting Investors

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Round-up from the Women in Entrepreneurship - The best way for women entrepreneurs to attract investors might be to show that they can get along without them – at least initially. Bootstrapping – the practice of...more

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Crowdfunding Gets an Equity Boost: BB&K's James Harper Examines What the Proposed Rules by The U.S. Securities and Exchange...

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Crowdfunding, or crowd-sourced fundraising, allows small businesses and artists without access to traditional bank loans or wealthy private investors to raise money for projects through a large network of contributors who...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Entrepreneurs Report Q3 2013

As widely reported, the aggregate dollar volume of venture financings held fairly steady from Q2 2013 to Q3 2013 (see, e.g., Venture Capital Valuation and Trends from PitchBook, Q4 2013). An analysis of transactions in which...more

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New Miami In The News: Weekly Recap

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This week in New Miami it was all about the entrepreneurs. Several initiatives and organizations are helping to put South Florida’s startups on the map. MDC, Goldman Sachs partner to bring $5 million small business...more

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Start-Up Studios – Another Path For Entrepreneurs

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One of the most rewarding aspects of practicing corporate law is the opportunity to represent a business from start-up to successful liquidity event. While a business will face challenges throughout this life-cycle, some of...more

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