Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Last month, the SEC announced it was taking action regarding Netflix’ (NFLX) securities compliance based on a Facebook status update posted by CEO Reed Hastings. To understand the SEC’s point of view , it’s necessary to review the principles underlying securities law in the United States.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Expert networks have been in the news a lot for the past few weeks, due to the SEC’s attempt to look for insider trading amongst hedge funds, following on their Galleon investigation (Raj Rajaratnam of Galleon is in the photo shown). The best source of information on this topic is as usual the Integrity Research blog.

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Networking Private Equity SEC Software Review 122

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Regulated marketplaces are ones that have significant government regulation to promote (ostensibly) the public interest. regulation happens on three levels: federal laws that are applicable across the country are developed by Federal government in Washington. state laws that are applicable in one state are imposed by state government.

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Marketing Startup Government SEC 325

Steve Blank

JUNE 24, 2013

Smart startups prepare to face off against rent seekers and map out creative strategies for doing so… First, however, they need to understand what a rent seeker is and how they operate… ———-. They use government regulation and lawsuits to keep out new entrants with more innovative business models.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 24, 2013

Smart startups prepare to face off against rent seekers and map out creative strategies for doing so… First, however, they need to understand what a rent seeker is and how they operate… ———-. They use government regulation and lawsuits to keep out new entrants with more innovative business models.

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Agile VC

AUGUST 9, 2012

We also know lots of valid reasons why the company could be valued at far less than it once was including: Stalled Growth – revenue essentially flat over the last 4 quarters. You can read about all of this stuff in Zynga’s own SEC filings or the popular press. Zynga’s trailing revenue is nearly $1.2B

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Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 3, 2009

.   Many VC-backed companies don’t do audits until a certain point of maturity to avoid costs and distractions, but certainly a company reporting more than $10 million in revenue should have formal audits.   Too few boards meet, confer and operate as a working unit without the CEO. 2)    Role of the CFO.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley SEC 31