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Running Out of Cash? Your Duties and Options for Winding Down Blog Post
An earlier version of this post originally appeared on In The (Red): The Business Bankruptcy Blog, which I created for CEOs, CFOs, boards of directors, credit professionals, in-house counsel and others to…
Utility Patents and Utility Patent Applications Blog Post
If you’re not familiar with patents, read this post first: What You Need to Know About Patents When people discuss patents in the US, they are typically referring to utility…
How to Protect Your Invention in Multiple Countries Blog Post
If you’re thinking of protecting your invention in multiple countries, you have two general options: File your first patent application directly in each country of interest, or file a Patent…
Secondary Sales of Private Company Stock Blog Post
Historically, private company stockholders would be expected to wait until the company went public or was acquired to receive any return on their investment. Over the last several years, however,…
Maintaining Control of Your Brand Among 1,200 New gTLDs Blog Post
Good entrepreneurs know that a company must protect its trade marks and its brand from the outset. The primary means of doing so is to register trade marks in each…
What You Should Know About Patents In The UK and Europe Blog Post
Patents provide inventors exclusive rights in their discoveries. Entrepreneurs and investors in the pharmaceutical, life sciences, medical device and many other fields look favourably upon the benefits of patents.
10 Suggestions for UK Entrepreneurs Preparing to Raise Venture Capital Blog Post
Ready for show time? Is your story compelling enough to interest venture capital investors? Some businesses, even if they succeed, simply will not get large enough to deliver the kind…
IPOs in the UK: What’s Involved? Blog Post
Obtaining a listing of your company’s shares can be a long, demanding and complicated process which will have long term implications for your company. It is therefore important that you…
Should You Invest in Foreign Patent Protection? Blog Post
If you run a tech company, should you invest in patent protection outside of your home country?
Pulling the Trigger(s): What are Single-Trigger and Double-Trigger Acceleration and How Do They Work? Blog Post
You may have heard people refer to “single-trigger” or “double-trigger” acceleration. What are they talking about? Single-trigger acceleration refers to the partial or full acceleration of vesting of someone’s options...Process Counts – Board Considerations When Contemplating a Sale Blog Post
Many thanks to Al Browne for his contributions to this article. Whether you are a founder or venture investor sitting on the board of a portfolio company, you have fiduciary duties to…
Opportunities for Small Businesses in the Government Market Blog Post
The US Government is the single largest purchaser of goods and services in the world, and its annual goal is to award 23% of its prime contract dollars to small…
Frequently Asked Questions: Convertible Debt Blog Post
I get questions all the time from clients who haven’t raised convertible debt before. If my clients frequently ask these questions, no doubt there are scores of others who have…
You Never Issued Stock To Your Founders. Is That A Problem? Blog Post
Thanks to Libby Hadzima Perkins for her contributions to this article. You and your co-founders have begun exploring a new business idea. You plan to incorporate, build out a team…
