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Angel Financing, Financings, Startups, Use of Lawyers, VCs
There are some thoughtful comments -- from lawyers! -- on Fred Wilson's post of yesterday on the various sets of seed funding documents now available o (Read More)
William Carleton on Mar, 04 at 10:32 AM | 3 Likes Ilike2
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Getting the Size of the Early Stage Note Round Right
So your venture needs capital, but for one good reason or another, or a combination of them, you are not going to "price" the company and rai (Read More)
William Carleton on Feb, 07 at 7:43 PM | 4 Likes Ilike2
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No News Is Good News Dept.: House Doesn't Seem to Replicate Dodd Errors
The House Financial Services Committee announced today that it had approved a bill called the "The Financial Stability Improvement Act." This (Read More)
William Carleton on Dec, 02 at 2:20 PM | 1 Like Ilike2
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Might Senator Warner, Venture Capitalist, Twitterer, Help Save Reg D for Startups?
The Senate Banking Committee has had an initial hearing to consider Senator Dodd's “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009.” In (Read More)
William Carleton on Nov, 27 at 12:35 PM | 1 Like Ilike2
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Initial "Save Reg D" Petition Comments: Entrepreneurs the Key to Economic Recovery
Joe Wallin, Brian Myers and I have put up a petition concerning the threat to Reg D, an issue about which all three of us have written in recent days ( (Read More)
William Carleton on Nov, 24 at 9:47 PM | 2 Likes Ilike2
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A Call to Action - Help Protect Startup Financing
Under the Securities Act of 1933, any offer to sell securities must either be registered with the SEC or meet an exemption.  Regulation D contains (Read More)
Matt Heaton on Nov, 23 at 1:57 PM | 8 Likes Ilike2
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Why Would Dodd Want to Gut Reg D Anyway?
What did we do before Google search? I'll come back to that question below. Let me first report on what's happened in the week since Joe Wallin discov (Read More)
William Carleton on Nov, 23 at 11:38 AM | 2 Likes Ilike2
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But Wait, There's More! Dodd Would Let States Tinker with Reg D Offerings
In a comment today to my second post about not-so-goodies buried in the Dodd financial system reform bill, Joe Wallin points out that the Senator is al (Read More)
William Carleton on Nov, 17 at 12:11 AM | 1 Like Ilike2
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I Like What I Hear About the $40M Seed Stage Fund, "Founder Collective"
I love the points Chris Dixon hit in his post today announcing his new seed stage fund, Founder Collective.First of all, the dollars announced are mean (Read More)
William Carleton on Nov, 15 at 10:55 AM | 5 Likes Ilike2