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Startup Vesting Protects Companies Hero 9916dae55ace30ea8c3162836361e2639e5a3414e2b3903c06f7af2e8676fc18

What are the regulatory barriers preventing the emergence of a liquid market for equity in seed stage startups?

Parts of the answer are that (a) there are enormous regulatory requirements relating to secondary markets, and (b) there are no analysts tracking private company stocks. But by far the biggest issue is that the very essence of public markets (and what makes them “public”) is that the SEC mandates an enormous amount of transparency, […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
15 Nov 2012
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6 Clues That You May Be Cool as an Entrepreneur

A while back, when a startup founder mentioned to me that he wasn’t sure he had the personality to be an entrepreneur, I realized how important that insight was. My first thought is that if you are more annoyed than energized by expert advice, team suggestions, and customer input, then you should probably avoid this […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
11 Nov 2012
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Forget Presidential Politics: Here’s How We Create Jobs — And How You Can Help

As I write this, days after the 2012 presidential election, I’m probably not alone in feeling relieved that the political jeering and soapboxing that reached a feverish pitch during the seemingly endless campaign season has finally subsided.  Yet amidst all the partisan cheerleading and name-calling, there has been some discussion of substance.  One particular four-letter word has […]
Antone Johnson
Antone Johnson , Founding Principal , Bottom Line Law Group
8 Nov 2012
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What is an effective “pre-incorporation-agreement” between possible founders of a startup?

The bottom line is that the very question you are asking is one of the trickiest things of all when it comes to startup founding.  On the one hand, if you DON’T make things explicitly clear up front, you are just begging for a future disaster by ‘kicking the can down the road’. On the […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
8 Nov 2012
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7 Keys to Positioning Your Competitors to Investors

Every entrepreneur should spend plenty of time thinking about competitors, and how they relate to your business, but you need to be very careful what you say out loud about them to your team, your investors, and your customers. What you say speaks volumes about how you think about your startup, how smart you are, […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
5 Nov 2012
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