Adeo Ressi , the founding member of The Funded , recently announced the establishment of The Funded Founder Institute. The program participants, the Founders, receive extensive training in weekly sessions overseen by three Mentors – two seasoned CEOs and one domain expert for each topic. Tags: Founders Voting.  Directors.  MORE >>

In light of the potential for this significant benefit associated with qualified small business stock, all venture financings should be analyzed very closely from a qualified small business stock standpoint. Tags: Founders This week, the Obama Administration released the first comprehensive summary of its budget proposal. Current Law. MORE >>

You are here: Home / startups / It All Changes When the Founder Drives a Porsche It All Changes When the Founder Drives a Porsche December 4, 2010 by Micah 63 Comments Tweet Today, Groupon did something that all entrepreneurs, in their heart of the hearts, wishes they could do: spur the big acquisition offer and swing for the fences. MORE >>

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out  that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K). “ . MORE >>

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. entrepreneurs reasons founders investors businessOf course, every company needs these, in due time. Need to spread the risk. MORE >>