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Private Placement of Securities (including PPM)

Oct

2008

Private placement occurs when a company makes an offering of securities not to the public, but directly to an individual or a small group of investors. Such offerings do not need to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and are exempt from the usual reporting requirements. Private placements are generally considered a ...

Should a startup company raise its seed round using a convertible note or Series A Preferred Stock?

Aug

2008

Generally speaking, I think that the founders of a startup company are probably better off with a convertible note financing over a Series A financing in a seed round for a couple of reasons. 1. A convertible note avoids setting a valuation for the company. In a seed Series A, the valuation is probably going ...

A Fundraising Survival Guide

Aug

2008

Raising money is the second hardest part of starting a startup. The hardest part is making something people want: most startups that die, die because they didn’t do that. But the second biggest cause of death is probably the difficulty of raising money. Fundraising is brutal. One reason it’s so brutal is simply the brutality ...

Common Mistakes In Startup Financing

Aug

2008

This is a Google search that gives a good focused list of web sites outlining a variety of avoidable mistakes made in the startup phase of a company

Deadly Legal Mistakes

Aug

2008

When raising early-stage investment capital, avoid these errors that could lead to the death of your company.

The 411 On Startups ™

Private Placement of Securities (including PPM)

Should a startup company raise its seed round using a convertible note or Series A Preferred Stock?

A Fundraising Survival Guide

Common Mistakes In Startup Financing

Deadly Legal Mistakes