Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

New Company Formation – According to the Kauffman Foundation, entrepreneurs start about 700,000 companies per year in the US. We have no measure of the changes in available capital resources from entrepreneurs and their friends and family, but we have no reason to believe they have changed radically over the past few years.

SBIR 120

SBIR Startup New York City Angel Investor 120

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

Series Seed Financing Documents (by Fenwick & West). My general opinion is that anything that makes the financing process faster and easier or otherwise educates entrepreneurs is a good thing. (A In a typical venture financing, there is a voting agreement that governs how specific board seats will be filled.

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2011

I have to admit my West Coast bias here, having learned the ropes at a large Silicon Valley firm ; it makes little sense to me to have investor’s counsel drafting documents that are woven into the fabric of a company’s governance and capital structure, with which the company will likely be living for years after the investment is made.

Finance 79

Finance Term Sheet Covenant Accredited Investor 79