I volunteer at a couple of small business incubators and programs. I was sitting in on a mock pitch last week and giving some pointers on how the entrepreneur could polish their pitchdeck and overall presentation. I figured I’d put these up so people can take a look. The below are offered to any startup looking to raise money: Read more
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The SEC’s New Financial Sniffing Tools
Beginning this year, as described by SEC’s Chair Mary Jo White at the Chair Mary Jo White at the 41st Annual Securities Regulation Institute on January 27, 2014, described some of the new tools and systems the SEC would be using in 2014. Read more
SEC allows general solicitation and advertising in Rule 506 offerings
Yesterday, July 10th, under the provisions of the JOBS Act the SEC passed its Final Rules which amended Rule 506 and Rule 144A to lift the ban on general solicitation and advertising in offering and selling securities in a Rule 506 sale as long as all purchasers of the securities are accredited investors. Read more
Series A Participating Preferred Stock and Term Sheet Terms
If your startup just got a term sheet from an investor saying that they want to invest in your company and want to receive participating preferred stock with all of these other rights, you may be a bit overwhelmed. First off, congratulations on the proposed investment. Next, I’ll explain what all of those terms on the term sheet mean in this post starting with the participation component of participating preferred shares. Read more
The basics of Startup Funding
So you’ve got a great business idea, and a team ready to bring it to market (or at least a plan to begin getting it there), but the one thing you don’t have, like a lot of new companies is the capital to begin. This post will walk through the traditional process for a startup to seek and receive funding. Read more