It’s been a decade of good to great times in the high risk/reward entrepreneurship and investing space. Ten years is a long time in the sector, and there are a fair number of entrepreneurs and even VCs who can’t say they’ve ever lived through a...
My first two posts in this short series on liquidation preferences began by noting that the entrepreneurship and investing world is in for some rough sailing, and that entrepreneurs should brush up on the sometimes-arcane subject of venture capital liquidation preferences (see Part 1, and...
According to Farwell Advisors, "The question facing leadership today is no longer if you should consider remote work within your organization, but how and how quickly." Main Drivers for the Rapid Transition to a Remote Work Model The main drivers for the rapid move to a remote...
The last few years have been exceptional in the high risk/reward entrepreneurship and investing business. Venture investors have raised record piles of capital, and have been throwing more of it at more entrepreneurs at higher valuations and on friendlier terms than ever before. The COVID-19...
In my last article, I posited that smaller risk capital investors outside the significant venture capital centers should avoid the grand slam venture investing model with its emphasis on finding the next Unicorn. Instead, they should focus on “small ball” investment plans that harken back...
As many of our readers know by now, blockchain is an architecture that allows users to conduct transactions with each other and create an unchangeable, secure record of those transactions. As such, it has attracted an enormous amount of interest by technologists in finance, healthcare,...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is looking at the possibility of using today's distributed ledger technology to bring speed, security and other efficiencies to monitoring swap transactions in what is called “Swaps Regulation 2.0.” The current consideration envisions the CFTC as a supervisory node in a...
Paul A. Jones, writing for Michael Best's Best Venture has some advice on whether to take your startup to Silicon Valley in search of venture capital. While on one hand, Silicon Valley might be the fastest way to determine whether your startup is "venture-worthy" by Valley...
Still under reconciliation, the Saturday night/Sunday morning tax vote could give tech companies who stash money overseas a significant break on their tax liability for that money. ...
Just days ago, the American Express FX International Payments (FXIP) division and Ripple, an enterprise global blockchain solution company, announced a joint payment-transfer solution designed to reduce the time and cost of transfer payments to settle, providing a host of benefits for both business-to-business buyers...