Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 21, 2010
Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. For a very small fee they can get your Delaware C corp registration, make sure that you have IP protection and ensure you didn’t make an early bumbling mistakes that you’ll pay for dearly in the next 7-10 years of hard work.
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DECEMBER 8, 2021
A serious patent claim against a startup’s key product can be severe enough to create an emergency warranting dedicated in-house counsel immediately. However, by adopting the best practices of large and well-established enterprises a start-up protects its most precious asset—IP.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 25, 2010
People raised rounds with “a discount to the next round&# or “warrant coverage.&# Yes, these give cheaper prices to early angels but potentially not much of a discount if the company becomes hot. The reason I have generally been against convertible debt is that historically it was a mechanism that avoided price.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will. If you were able to raise at a $50 million post-money valuation and have $2 million in the bank and the markets turn you better be sure that your valuation warrants raising at at least $50 million even in a tough market or I’d be more cautious about a higher burn.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 5, 2010
If your idea is so amazing that it warrants my hard-earned angel money or the money of my LP investors from our fund then why should I take a risk on you if you won’t take a risk on yourself? But to me if you’re not willing to quit and take a risk on yourself, then you’re not confident enough in your own idea and skills. Why should I be?
Scott Edward Walker
MARCH 21, 2016
.” Obviously, this is a relatively small transaction; however, it is still imperative that, at a minimum, you conduct financial due diligence (to validate the numbers [Target] has provided to you) and IP diligence to confirm the ownership and functionality of the software. 5) We can discuss the draft and the foregoing on Monday.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
If you want to give them a 50% discount offer them $1 of common-stock warrants (no liquidation preference) for every $1 of stock they buy. If you want to give them a 33% discount you offer them half of a $1 common-stock warrant for every $1 share they purchase. “But how do I offer cheaper prices to early investors?”
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