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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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The Attack on Reg D: A FAQ
What is the attack on Reg D? The attack on Reg D is contained in a bill proposed by Sen. Christopher Dodd that would do two things: (a) Senator Dodd's (Read More)
William Carleton on Jan, 26 at 3:41 PM | 4 Likes Ilike2
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Is the Attack on Reg D an Overbroad Solution to a Different Problem?
Some of us who have been worried about the threat to all-accredited investor offerings exempt under federal Reg D have been wondering why Senator Dodd' (Read More)
William Carleton on Dec, 15 at 6:48 PM | 1 Like Ilike2
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Not All Private Fund Registration Requirements May be Created Equal
As noted earlier on this blog, the House Financial Services Committee last month approved a bill to require advisers to hedge funds, private equity fir (Read More)
William Carleton on Dec, 11 at 12:23 PM | 1 Like Ilike2
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When There's Trouble on the Hill, Lawyers and VCs Should Take a Back Seat to Startup Entrepreneurs and Their Investors
Even though I haven't written about them, there are other things in Senator Dodd's bill that I and other lawyers don't like. For instance, the bill wou (Read More)
William Carleton on Dec, 07 at 12:47 AM | 2 Likes Ilike2
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Fred Wilson Highlights Public Policy Initiatives Impacting Startups, Including Dodd's Bad Proposals
Fred Wilson blogged this morning about the bad policy in Senator Dodd's financial system regulatory reform bill that would make it harder for startups (Read More)
William Carleton on Dec, 03 at 11:31 AM | 1 Like 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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Dodd to Venture Capital Firms: "Relax, We've Got You Covered . . . er, Exempted!"
Late last month the House Financial Services Committee, chaired by Rep. Barney Frank, approved a bill that would exempt advisers to venture capital fun (Read More)
William Carleton on Nov, 15 at 10:56 AM | 1 Like Ilike2
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The VC Carry as an Executive Compensation Model for Wall Street
In the course of a talk yesterday at Reed College, J. Bradford DeLong, UC Berkeley economist and blogger extraordinaire, made (what I took to be compli (Read More)
William Carleton on Nov, 09 at 9:18 AM | 3 Likes Ilike2