Our team just got back from Dreamforce 15 in San Francisco. At the conference, our CEO BJ Lackland participated in a session with Jason...

Seattle entrepreneur Dan Price from Gravity Payments made headlines a few months ago when he announced that his employees would make...

It’s a question on the mind of many entrepreneurs. Namely, ‘how can I make my business attractive to potential acquirers?’ People start...

What are anti-dilution rights? And what is a full ratchet? Here's what startups need to know about convertible debt terms.

Public business valuations, private company valuations, 409A valuation - what's the difference? Here's what startup founders need to know.

What are liquidation preference multiples and how can startup founders avoid deals with early investors that can cause big headaches later?

Recently, the New York Times published a popular post about the right number of angel investors for startups . The story, titled For...

In preferred stock offerings, one of the key things founders should pay attention to when evaluating a term sheet is whether the preferred stock is “participating” or “non-participating.” Here’s a quick explanation.

No one likes to talk about it, but the odds of success for startups are pretty slim. In order to move the needle in your favor, you first...

In the fundraising world, personal introductions and referrals are king. Word-of-mouth is still one of the most common ways deals get...

Not all corporations are created equal. Learn Why VCs prefer C-Corps and explore funding alternatives if you're startup isn't one.

One business risk many startups overlook is the relationship between cofounder(s). They assume formal agreements are unnecessary. Big...

In the frantic life of a startup, founders often find themselves making countless decisions, day in, day out. The rapid-fire nature of...

Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California is the epicenter of VC. While many tech founders dream of scoring a deal with one of...

If you’ve only recently started up, you might think that worrying about and planning for taxes is something you can do later, when your...

Startup warrants and options are similar. See how they're used and structured differently, and how they're also taxed in in different ways.

A great pitch deck is not the only thing you need to secure startup funding, but it is important. Here's what to include.

When you’re talking to investors, they’re going to want to know a lot about your company: your pitch, your customers, the thinking...

As a transactional lawyer working with startups, a large part of my practice is helping software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies draft and...

This is the last post of our 10-week “Funding Fit” blog series, and it’s hard to believe that ten weeks have gone by so quickly....