Posts Tagged ‘start-up’
Invitation to Join VCTaskforce at StartUpWorld 2017
My firm is very involved with VC Taskforce, and our big spring event is coming up this Thursday: StartUp World 2017. The event is being held this year at Pillsbury in Palo Alto, and we are pleased to have more than 25 investors participating, including but not limited to the following VC and angel firms:…
Read MoreFTC Proposing New Rules to Protect Children’s Online Privacy
Updated 6.25.24 The FTC has just announced proposed changes to its existing rules protecting children’s online privacy and is currently accepting public comment to the proposed rules through September 10, 2012. The proposed changes would amend the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“COPPA”). Proposed COPPA Amendments In particular, the FTC is seeking to make modifications…
Read MoreEquity Not the Only Option for Software Start-Ups Hiring First Developer
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have a tendency to want to offer equity to anyone who they hire when they are first getting off the ground, and some developers prefer to receive equity in the business over an IOU that they may or may not be able to collect on. However, when an entrepreneur calls me saying…
Read MoreTips to Protecting Your Ideas Before You Launch Your Software Start-Up Company
I receive a call nearly every day from an entrepreneur who has a great idea for a new software start-up company, and is concerned about how to protect that idea before he or she is able to launch it. Unfortunately, for such entrepreneurs, there is no application that can be filed that can protect mere…
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