Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

In the early fall of 2009, as kaChing prepared for its marketplace launch, the management team showed the app—which included real time market data, SEC-grade accounting, analytics, compliance and customer management tools—to a number of investment pros to get feedback and endorsements. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2018

startups might run into an alphabet soup of federal regulatory agencies, for example; ATF , CFPB , DEA , EPA , FAA , FCC , FDA , FDIC , FERC , FTC , OCC , OSHA , SEC. Lobbyists also work through regulatory bodies like the FCC , SEC , FTC , Public Utility, Taxi, or Insurance Commissions, School Boards, etc. In the U.S.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

The underlying requirement based on those assumptions was an available bandwidth of about 1.6mb/sec, which we would hit in 2005. Read Gotham: The History of New York City to 1898.) Had one plotted the trend over time, soon cities like New York were going to be buried under horse manure.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 24, 2013

Recently, the New York and North Carolina legislatures considered a new law written by Auto Dealer lobbyists that would make it illegal for Tesla to sell cars directly to consumers. This got me thinking about the legal obstacles that face innovators with new business models. Publicly shame the incumbents as rent seekers.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Pink sheets LLC are a private company situated in New York, who are completely unlike any other exchange. Pink sheets and penny stocks go hand in hand, and the name pink sheets often means penny stocks to many people. What are Pink Sheets? Companies that do not require regulatory filing are often registered on pink sheets.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 10, 2010

FormDs.com bases its findings on the filings, as the name suggests, Form D, an SEC requirement when startups and other privately-held companies raise venture capital. Nevertheless, New York entrepreneurs - please defend your state (or not) in the comments. Discuss.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 24, 2013

Recently, the New York and North Carolina legislatures considered a new law written by Auto Dealer lobbyists that would make it illegal for Tesla to sell cars directly to consumers. This got me thinking about the legal obstacles that face innovators with new business models. Publicly shame the incumbents as rent seekers.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

According to the article, a report by the inspector general of the SEC asserts that “voluntary regulation does not work” and that the SEC’s oversight program for the investment banks “was fundamentally flawed from the beginning.” ” The article goes on to state: The report found that the S.E.C.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

The key to the JOBS Act is this: it opens up more possibilities in equity funding without the tedious requirements to register your funding as a public offering with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). This was predicated on the SEC writing the crowdfunding regulations by December 31 2012 like they were supposed to.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. What are “Reg D” filings with the SEC and why does this make it harder to stay in stealth mode? Invidi is based in New York and founded in 2000. They also avoid Reg D.

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thebarefootvc

JANUARY 22, 2018

Last week also saw the CFTC, Swiss regulators, Chinese regulators and the SEC release new guidance and warnings on ICOs and unregulated trading. Blockstream publicly announced their partnership with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), owner of the New York Stock Exchange.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2010

<30 sec) Write your local newspaper & tell them you support the Startup Visa Act Call your senators & let them know you support Startup Visa legislation Add the Startup Visa Widget to your blog or website Follow the #startupvisa hash tag on Twitter and voice your support Contribute to Startup Visa so we can spread the word!

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t. that’s my daughter – did you see her mentioned in the New York Times!) I was on the road much and I internalized much of the stress so that others didn’t have to. And so it goes again. Raise money.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

To the SEC, it means that you are an accredited investor and To the man (or woman) on the street, a minimum qualification would seem to be an interest and ability to invest in early stage ventures. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. 5 hours ago.

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David Teten

MAY 8, 2012

It allows small businesses to raise $1 million, from a limit of 10% of income or $10,000 from individual investors, without registering their companies with the SEC. The Entrepreneurs Access to Capital Act helps to redress this.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The problem of compliance in social networks has been amplified in regulated industries like financial services, where FINRA/SEC policies have led businesses to avoid social networks or try their best to manage their social activities manually.

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Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2020

From the founding of the New York Stock Exchange in 1792 until 1975, trading commissions were fixed at 0.25% of the trade amount. Finally, in 1975, the NYSE and the SEC recognized that this was a bad idea and changed to the context of flexible commissions – aka competition. What do the data tell us?

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t. that’s my daughter – did you see her mentioned in the New York Times!) I was on the road much and I internalized much of the stress so that others didn’t have to. And so it goes again. she’s so successful! we always knew she would be.

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David Teten

JUNE 6, 2011

The new FinTech Innovation Lab , an annual program run by the New York City Investment Fund and Accenture, had their launch event on Thursday night. Social networking is governed by SEC 17a4, and SEC hasn’t opined on this. One peculiar note: they didn’t disclose the companies selected.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 11, 2008

The 70 year old “lion&# of Wall Street is arrested after confessing to what the SEC describes as a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. According to the SEC complaint: “…investors’ losses came from the firm’s asset-management arm, which Mr. .&# Kept the records on a separate floor under lock and key? Marc Dreier.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Founded by CEO Meir (Iri) Zohar, eXalate has offices in New York and Kfar Saba, Israel. SimpliVT , a new venture in stealth has raised $9.2 from undisclosed investors as it emerged from this SEC filing. This is the startup’s second round, coming to a total of $19 million to date.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

These investments would be exempt from registration under the 1933 SEC Act. There is a reason the SEC exists. I cant remember if the SEC was one of the government agencies that Rick Perry wants to get rid of (but neither can he ), but it seems like this is the exact type of investor that the SEC was set up to protect.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. While certainly active in our home region of New York and New Jersey, we do invest without regard to geography.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 11, 2010

Eyeblaster , an Israeli company headquartered in New York, develops several media-rich advertising formats (see examples here and here ) and interactive ad features , as well as MediaMind , campaign management software for agencies and online advertisers. Eyeblaster is trying to raise $115 million by selling stock.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 7, 2017

I’m sitting at the breakfast table at Len Fassler’s house in Harrison, New York drinking a cup of coffee and chewing on a bagel. Len and I co-founded Interliant (originally Sage Networks) with Steve Maggs and Rajat Bhargava in 1996.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Then we eroded toward the opposite: a cozy government-industrial complex that can't tie its own shoes (Katrina response, Iraq administration, SEC/Madoff, general regulatory bloat). The US was once known as a free market democracy that could make the trains run on time. Each requires the step before it.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

So the idea that a) we would allow more IPOs, but b) it had to be consistent with SEC regulations, was really the intent of what we were doing.". This is actually borrowing from existing SEC regulations that apply to small companies." All the accounting disclosure requirements in GAAP stay in place," she added.

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Steve Blank

JULY 6, 2016

Listen to the full interview with Sec. From 2002-08 Sec. Prior to joining the Clinton Administration, Sec. Blinken practiced law in New York and Paris. Blinken by downloading it from SoundCloud here. And download any of the past shows here.). Clips from his interview are below. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

In April 2021, however, the SPAC new issue volume dropped to 13 deals, a decline of roughly 90% from the March 2021 volume. To encourage greater institutional participation, Congress and the SEC should consider, potentially for a limited period of time relative to a new issue, increasing the concentration limits for diversified mutual funds.

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Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 22, 2011

I profiled a number of companies in New York and Massachusetts that fit this criteria in response to Bill Gurley's excellent piece ( IPO Anxiety ) from a Sillicon Valley perspective a few months ago. They released a series of spot-on recommendations to help bring back the IPO market.

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Pascal's View

OCTOBER 22, 2009

That’s why I have urged the SEC to undertake a comprehensive “ground up” review of a broad range of market structure issues before more piecemeal changes occur. The facts speak for themselves. In competing for market share, those trading centres encourage or permit a variety of questionable practices.

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Scott Edward Walker

MARCH 1, 2012

How Does the House Bill Address These Issues? Would Crowdfunding Be Beneficial to the U.S. Economy?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

And the SEC has come out and opined on several of them, which I won't get into. They might list on the long-term stock exchange and another exchange, or they might list on like the Hong Kong exchange and the New York Stock Exchange or something. Sometimes companies do a dual listing, right?

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