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This is Part 2 of Legal Pitfalls to Avoid in Founding a Startup, where we continue our discussion of common legal, regulatory, and fundraising mistakes that derail even the most promising startups. Read More...
Category: Practice Insight
Author: Paul Swegle
Fail fast is a catchy phrase intended to suggest moving on quickly if a business idea flops. It should not be taken as a license to recklessly trip over basic legal, regulatory, or fundraising Read More...
Category: Practice Insight
Author: Paul Swegle
The #MeToo era has created new challenges for entrepreneurs and startups. Cautionary tales abound of startups whose hard-partying culture resulted in sexual harassment, hostile work environments and Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
In 1979, Personal Software began selling Visicalc, the first personal computer spreadsheet. Visicalc was so compelling, people bought Apple II computers just so they could use Visicalc, making it the Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Dustin Slade
Introduction In October of 2014, Frances Courtepointe 1 started a Kickstarter campaign for her venture Phenom Fabrics 1 . She promised hand dyed fabric "fat-quarter" cuts - a 18” x 22” Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Authors: Eden Blair and Tanya Marcum
Is it possible to transform a staid and professionally respectable but entrenched legal industry? Yes, particularly when one of your startup founders is a multi-talented serial entrepreneur, computer Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Nicholas Vitalari
In the alphabet soup of corporate structuring, being an “L3C” says that a company is committed to social or environmental goals as well as its stockholders. Unlike the nonprofit Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Authors: Eden Blair , Tanya Marcum and Veronika Koubova
Regulations can destroy even the best entrepreneurial dream. To help entrepreneurship thrive in this nation, Institute for Justice (IJ) a public interest law firm that has successfully defended Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: John Kramer and Nick Sibilla
Intellectual property -- a legal concept that refers to the product or fruits of human creativity for which exclusive rights are recognized -- is often critical to the success of both product- and Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: James Hoffman , Bradley Ewing and Mark A. Thompson