The Shift to Angel Investors – Interview with Jeremy Glaser, Member, Mintz Levin
Wilson Sonsini’s 30th Annual Medical Device Digital Health Conference will address topics of critical importance to medical device and digital health companies today, including key healthcare regulatory considerations, the...more
Entrepreneurs? Launching a start-up? The first question you should ask yourself is what is your exit strategy. If you do not know the answer, you should stop and make a plan, because your exit strategy is your company’s...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: The Citizen Startup - Why Investors Are Becoming More Interested In ESG Measures - More venture capital firms are beginning to evaluate startups using not...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: 5 Essential Categories of Diversity All Successful Businesses Share - Influential leaders rely on a diverse team to help them solve problems and bring unique...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: The Best Strategies to Raise Capital - Raising venture capital investment for your business is a central step to growing from a young startup to a mature and...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: 5 Trends in the Boardrooms of High-Growth Private Companies - Boards of directors are undergoing significant and lasting transformation during the last year....more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: What Will Tech Regulation Look Like in the Biden Era? Dipayan Ghosh, a former technology and economic policy adviser for President Obama and the co-director of...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: 4 Ways the Startup Landscape Will Shift in 2021 - As we approach the new year, it’s important to keep an eye on how the rapidly changing startup landscape will...more
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
The average venture capital investor will look at a pitch deck for 3 minutes and 44 seconds before deciding whether to meet with a new startup. For founders, the message is clear: Your pitch deck needs to show a cohesive and...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: The Few Startups with Female Founders Raise More Venture Cash - After angel investments and seed round funding, studies from the Kauffman Fellows Research Center...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: Back Channels in the Boardroom - After a board meeting, it is common for board members to begin side conversations with each other. While these side...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: How to Drive Growth - With or Without VC Funding - For the early-stage founder, accepting venture capital can be enormously appealing, from the large check and...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: Not So Fast…the (Unexpected) Consequences of Allowing Your Employees to Early Exercise Options - There are times when the early exercising of stock, options...more
In conjunction with our Q1 Venture Financing Report, I sat down with Zack Schildhorn from Lux Capital to get his take on the state of venture capital investing....more
In conjunction with our Q4 Venture Financing Report, I sat down with Hayley Barna from First Round Capital to get her take on the state of venture capital investing....more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: The Price of High Seed Stage Valuations - While high seed stage valuations may be attractive, they can be a double-edged sword. There are a number of potential...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: What You Need to Know About GDPR, the New EU Privacy Rules That Have Silicon Valley Scrambling to Keep Up - Silicon Valley is known for moving fast (and...more
You don’t need me to tell you it’s a rough world out there for startups. Venture capitalists have been unusually stingy lately, hanging on to billions of dollars they’d typically be channeling into promising young companies. ...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: One Angel Investor On Choosing Companies, Managing Risk And Supporting Women - Loretta McCarthy banks on women with her investment strategy....more
It is not always easy to break into the VC/angel investor network. Founders often ask how they can develop the right network of contacts to help them raise a seed round, which is crucial at this stage. During our recent...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: The Entrepreneurial Exit Strategy – Prepare Yourself - You are likely not thinking about an exit when starting your company, but Entrepreneur explains why it...more
According to a study of 101 failed startups, 29% cited a lack of sufficient capital as the ultimate reason for failure. So how can you best approach your search for capital in an attempt to keep your startup from becoming...more
On August 31, 2016 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed an “International Entrepreneur” (I.E.) rule that would allow qualifying foreign investors to develop and grow their start-up companies in the United...more