Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Presenting a plan in which the company grows too quickly will show the naiveté of the management team, while presenting too conservative a growth plan will often fail to excite an early stage investor (who typically looks for a 10X return on her investment). Contact our private placement memorandum experts. read more.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The rare exception is a special case, in which investors know an entrepreneur well and are ready to invest in them at an early stage. And even before that, during the early stages, they’ll expect you to have a business plan in the background, for your own use. So you do a lot of work before you get investors. You should.

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Berkonomics

MAY 22, 2014

The sale of equity in private companies is regulated by the Securities Act of 1933, which requires that the company either register with the SEC or meet one of several exemptions (Regulation D). A Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) is a special business plan defined to meet an SEC exemption.

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The Startup Lawyer

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Most importantly, using an unregistered broker-dealer can, at a minimum, jeopardize your startup’s private placement exemptions. The finder may have a ‘rolodex’ of rich people but it’s usually chocked full of people who don’t typically invest in early-stage startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital?

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

As a practical matter, many early-stage startup companies that are considering crowdfunding may have only been recently incorporated and have not yet filed tax returns. More than $500,000: Audited financial statements. Second, crowdfunding will clearly expand the options available to small companies seeking financing.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Peter: Techstars is probably the most famous accelerator but the idea of the accelerator versus the incubator because there is living field, because there’s this very early stage fields for them both. The cool thing is with the device like, that with the science like that, there’s a lot of early stage proving ground needed.

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