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Embracing Change & Community: The Keys To Startup Success With Chris Heivly
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Welcome to “Lowenstein Africa Presents: Venture Voices”
Legal Challenges Part 1 – Setting Up Your Startup for Success
A Conversation with Janade du Plessis of Launch Africa Ventures: Balancing Sustainable Development with ROI
The Briefing: How “Knockoff” Furniture Landed Kim Kardashian in an IP Lawsuit
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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
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 182: Life Sciences Startups and Leadership with Scott Pancoast of Zylo Therapeutics
Through the Lens: From serial entrepreneur to neutral who gets deals done - Focus on Daniel Garrie
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 6: Immigration Insights for Companies Expanding Into the U.S. - Part 2
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 6: Immigration Insights for Companies Expanding Into the U.S. - Part 1
Staying on Track and Giving Back with Bill Spruill
Business Better Podcast Episode: Investing in Consumer Brands – A Conversation with SBJ Capital
A View From the Starting Line – A Conversation with Teenpreneur Tierney Schmidt
At the end of September 2022, Patrick McHenry, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, released the Committee Republicans’ capital formation agenda. The capital formation agenda aims to build on the...more
On July 17, 2018, the United States House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan package of reforms to help facilitate capital formation and spur entrepreneurship. The JOBS and Investor’s Confidence Act (JOBS...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: JOBS Act 3.0: Would It Help Early-Stage Businesses? The recent House bill tailors the JOBS Act in ways that might help startups access cash. ...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: You Will Care About Intellectual Property Sooner or Later - Consider why IP is, or likely will be, critical to your business....more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: The Tough Questions You Must Discuss Before You Take the Money - VCs and the founders should get on the same page before signing on the dotted line. ...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: White House: ‘A.I. holds the potential to be a major driver of economic growth and social progress’ - The closing months of the Obama Administration have...more
Letter from the Editors - Dear Readers, The world of raising capital for emerging companies has experienced a revolution. Prior to the enactment of the JOBS Act in 2012, raising capital for private companies was...more
Effective August 24, 2016, the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) will fulfill the mandates of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (“NDAA 2013”), which...more
As privately held companies choose to remain private longer and defer their initial public offerings or other liquidity opportunities, these companies are focused on raising capital in private placements made principally to...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
This is the third post in our three-part blog post exploring Regulation Crowdfunding and its provisions before the final rules become effective on May 16, 2016. Practical Takeaways from Regulation Crowdfunding - ...more
Fulfilling a promise made more than three and a half years ago, on Friday the SEC approved final rules for Regulation Crowdfunding ("Reg CF"), the last remaining component of the JOBS Act of 2012. Reg CF aims to create a...more
This post was originally written by Dylan Rochon, 2015 Foley & Lardner LLP Startup Connector. The term “crowdfunding” is closely associated with websites such as Kickstarter.com and GoFundMe.com. These sites provide a...more
The next few years may be the largest watershed event in opening up private equity capital since the 1980s when Regulation D was first published by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). By allowing general...more
This is the third in a 3-part series about the use of crowdfunding in health and biotech start-ups. We started with the story of a tech start-up which set records for funding through a Kickstarter campaign, triggering the...more
Small businesses are often regarded as the catalyst for economic growth in the United States. Small businesses account for the creation of two-thirds of all new jobs, and are the incubators of innovation. The majority of...more
Crowd Funding ImageThis is the second in a 3-part series about the use of crowdfunding in health and biotech start-ups. We started with the story of a tech start-up which set records for funding through a Kickstarter...more
Many entrepreneurs and start-up companies are looking for innovative ways to raise money without the red tape of the securities laws. Crowdfunding is often touted as the solution to this dilemma. In its simplest terms,...more
In a world where we buy groceries, book travel, and even date online, it should come as no surprise that online investment is becoming increasingly prevalent. The rapid shift towards an internet-centric world has made...more
THIS OUTLINE is intended to flag a number of things about Crowdfunding that counsel should consider and in guiding entrepreneurial clients and small issuers with this developing capital formation exemption from the...more
On March 25, 2015, in a long-awaited action by the SEC, the regulatory agency finally made a bold move intended to facilitate access to capital for entrepreneurial, high tech startups and other smaller companies. Pursuant to...more
Capital formation is one of the primary missions of the SEC. Commissioner Kara Stein recently discussed this basic SEC mission in remarks delivered at the Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford Law School...more
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
Philip Schroeder, Esq. discusses the types crowdfunding: • Donation Model Crowdfunding (e.g.) Kickstarter • Rewards Model Crowdfunding • Equity Crowdfuning o Sales to Accredited Investors...more
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