Business Succession Planning Podcast with Janathan Allen
Physician Practice Mergers and Acquisitions – Trends in the Health Care Industry
Assessing The Value Of Early-Stage PE Investments
M&A in the Cannabis Sector
Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast Episode Four: The Financialization of Agriculture with David Muth from Alternative Equity Advisors
Strategic Growth Paths of Top Small Business Government Contractors
Tips for Dentists Starting or Acquiring a Dental Practice
How to prepare for a merger and acquisition in logistics and transportation
Exit Strategies for GOVCONs with Set Aside Contracts: 2021 Insights and Lessons Learned from Business Owners and Advisors
An Overview of Private Equity Firm Acquisitions of Medical Practices
Ten Talks: New Pathways for Companies Looking for Capital
Why Corporate Housekeeping and Due Diligence are Serious Business for Businesses
Episode 015: Confessions of a Business Appraiser: A Conversation with Chris Mercer
Episode 1: Chris Mercer Interview on Marketability Discount: Part 1
Episode 2: Chris Mercer Interview on Marketability Discount: Part 2
Episode 10: The Marketability Discount Revisited: Interview with Greg Barber
Episode 11: Mediating Business Valuation Disputes: Conversation with Arthur Rosenbloom
Welcome to Ten Talks With Gould & Ratner, a new video series of 10-minute conversations with some of our firm's most experienced attorneys, discussing the latest trends they're seeing in a variety of the industries we serve. ...more
Being an entrepreneur involves wearing many hats. In addition to thinking about product and design, you must also be able to speak the language of investors. Below are some important terms every entrepreneur should know...more
From the WSGR Database: Financing Trends for Q3 2017 - The strong venture financing market of 2017 has continued in Q3. Amounts raised in Q3 2017 kept pace with the near-record highs earlier in the year. In addition, up...more
From the WSGR Database: Financing Trends for 1H 2017 - Strong median pre-money valuations for all rounds of financing ushered in nearly unprecedented median amounts raised in 1H 2017, particularly for Series C and later...more
From the WSGR Database: Financing Trends for Q1 2017 - Up and Down Rounds by Quarter - Strong median pre-money valuations for late-stage financings accompanied a record-breaking $25.0 million median amount raised for...more
Dual-Class Stock: A Founder Favorite Faces Growing Investor Disapproval - Earlier this year, the investment firm T. Rowe Price adopted new voting policies that penalize companies with dual-class stock structures. They...more
Unicorns and Other High-Valuation Deals - Over the last several years, the number of private companies with valuations in excess of $1 billion has skyrocketed, with daily reports of births of new “unicorns.” As the...more
As we reported in Q1 2015, venture money is continuing to shift to a smaller number of large deals, which is causing surges in both the percentage of deals that are up rounds (which remained quite high in Q2) and pre-money...more
As counsel to scores of companies in capital raising mode at any point in time, my colleagues and I regularly are asked questions by entrepreneurs regarding the valuations and other terms they should expect to receive from...more
Most start-up companies turn to friends, family and/or high net worth individuals as the first source of capital to fund their operations. Banks will not lend to these companies since there are no real assets to collateralize...more