The Venture Alley
Startups face many challenges: gaining traction, developing a business plan, and, of course, raising and making money. Trent Dykes and Asher Bearman of DLA Piper use The Venture Alley to guide Seattle-area entrepreneurs through the business and legal obstacles that can stand in the way of turning their ideas into reality. The Venture Alley supplements DLA Piper’s Venture Pipeline, a DLA Piper business unit that helps startup companies raise money.
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Rapping VCs
CONTRIBUTED BYMegan Muirmegan.muir@dlapiper.com If I was not already a huge fan of Foundry Group, this video (posted on Geekwire last week - thank you John Cook!) would have put me over the edge. They had me the second I saw the suits. Last week Foundry Group released...
Recent Articles
Cookies in Europe - Consent Requirements
CONTRIBUTED BYMegan Muirmegan.muir@dlapiper.com Amendments to the European Union E-Privacy Directive, which was to be implemented by all EU member states by May 25, 2011, imposed a requirement to obtain user consent to the use of cookies, with such consent on an 'opt-in' basis, rather than an...
Getting Your Privacy House In Order
CONTRIBUTED BY Jennifer Kashatus Virtually every company maintains some personal information – your company might hold personal information about employees, customers, or both. The precise definition of personal information varies by state and/or statute, but, as a general matter, includes...
Like? Comment? What the SEC might think of Facebook's IPO
CONTRIBUTED BYAndrew Ledbetterandrew.ledbetter@dlapiper.com The Facebook IPO is a pretty big deal generally. Whether Facebook would go public stirred media frenzy and Congressional testimony in the past year. Facebook’s initial registration statement indicated it would be the...
Establishing fair market value for purposes of Section 409A and stock option grants
CONTRIBUTED BYTrent Dykestrent.dykes@dlapiper.com As a general rule, all stock option grants need to have an exercise price at or above the fair market value of the company’s common stock on the date such grant is made. This requirement, and its many related complexities, generally comes...
Killing Your Startup By Listening to Customers: Steve Blank
CONTRIBUTED BYMegan Muirmegan.muir@dlapiper.com Steve Blank's post yesterday - with its eye-catching title of "Killing Your Startup By Listening to Customers" - makes some very good points about how to use information gathered from potential customers. He summarizes it as...
Social Media Contests and Sweepstakes
Our D.C. colleagues Radiance Walters and Debbie Rosenbaum have a great piece posted on Corporate Counsel Magazine concerning contests, sweepstakes, and giveaways using social media. They discuss the responsibilities and pitfalls associated with these activities. Key aspects...
Women in Tech: Kleiner Partner Aileen Lee on Why You Should Add Women to Your Board
CONTRIBUTED BYMegan Muirmegan.muir@dlapiper.com Aileen Lee, partner at the famed venture fund Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and a former CEO herself, has a great post on TechCrunch with reasons companies should considering adding women to their boards of directors. Among the...
Women in Tech: Cisco's CTO - Leverage the Advantage of Being Different
CONTRIBUTED BYMegan Muirmegan.muir@dlapiper.com I came across this Bianca Bosker interview from last fall with Padmasree Warrior, the CTO of Cisco, and thought she had an interesting take on being a woman in a technical field, working among mostly male colleagues. “I always...
Corporate Venture Capital - An Introduction
CONTRIBUTED BYByron Daileybyron.dailey@dlapiper.com Previous posts on this blog have discussed the structure and business terms of traditional US and non-US venture capital funds, including common US fund structures, common offshore fund structures, Dodd-Frank investment adviser reporting...
