Don’t get hung up on the valuation of your startup

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Many entrepreneurs want to put a value on their company before the ink on their incorporation documents is dry, but valuing an early stage company is as much art as science, and a bad valuation can be worse than no valuation at all.
Valuing a company that doesn’t yet have a product on the market, much [...]

Financing Your Business: Raising Capital Under Regulation D

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Anytime a privately-held company issues securities – to investors in a financing, to employees as compensation, or for any other reason – the issuer must be able to point to an applicable exemption from the general requirement that all issuances of securities be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). When raising capital from [...]

Raising Cash from Friends, Family and Accredited Investors

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

With venture capital and angel financing harder to come by right now, it is tempting to ask friends and family to invest a little seed capital to keep your business running until institutional investors loosen their purse strings. Proceed with caution! Selling shares to friends and family may seem like a simple proposition – after [...]