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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations. Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues.   Investors sometimes “present” the terms they’d like and expect the entrepreneurs to react.

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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. ” Intellectual Property.

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The investment that didn’t happen

K9 Ventures

While Zappos was doing diligence on Modista, the issue was brought up that one of other companies in this space — Like.com , founded by Munjal Shah — had filed for some IP in this area. However, the IP climate remains unchanged, and it’s likely that other villains will continue to exploit similar situations.

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Copywrong Again: Founding the Next Pinterest or Napster?

Gust

As I wrote in Part I of this post , many of the most creative and disruptive startup businesses in recent years have involved the use of intellectual property in innovative, non-traditional ways that defy easy categorization and stretch the boundaries of concepts such as the fair use doctrine in copyright.

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Strike while the iron is hot

BeyondVC

I was speaking with a friend of mine today who mentioned that his term sheet for his Series A round fell through. Things looked great for the last 6 weeks and then the deal process went into a stall regarding intellectual property rights. Today, the IP is about to get assigned in the proper manner.

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Piercing the Corporate Veil of Sweat Equity

grasshopperherder.com

As such, you should make sure to think of the proposals as an investor and get a reasonable term sheet. I already own stock in two companies which own no intellectual property. Which corporate entity owns the intellectual property and other assets? Instead of putting in money, you’re putting in time.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

IP Location Tools. WSGR Term Sheet Generator. Orrick, Herrington Term Sheet Generator. Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet â?? Intellectual Property Law For Startups Blog. s most comprehensive collection of business and intellectual property information. Xtranormal.