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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

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Before the commercial Internet, the primary tools of disclosure included: Prospectus and related registration statement (“S-1″) for an IPO. Public companies have dealt with financial disclosure in ways that evolved over time with markets and technologies.

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Mathematical vs. Economic Dilution of Startup Equity: Thinner Slices of an Extra-Large Pizza

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Entrepreneurs frequently think of equity primarily in terms of percentages such as 50/50 or 40/40/20 — not necessarily a bad idea at inception, or even throughout the lifecycle of a traditional business, such as real estate, where cash distributions, capital contributions, and allocations of profit or loss for tax purposes can be made accordingly.

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One Little Ice Cream Cart That’s About to Have Big Growth

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Beginning as a small red cart in Eugene, Oregon, today Red Wagon Creamery has a downtown storefront, local retail distribution, and online ordering. People in Eugene loved it,” Red Wagon says in a funding prospectus (more on that in a bit). “In The cook and the lawyer. See Also What’s the Secret to Your Success? “By

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