Building a successful startup is challenging. But the chances of success could be greatly enhanced through participation in a startup accelerator program. Entrepreneurially minded universities and research institutions have run incubators on or near campus where startups receive office space, shared facilities and services, but no capital. Over the last several years, a new breed
To Improve Small Company Liquidity, SEC Chairman Announces Tick-Size Pilot
SEC Chairman Mary Jo White gave her state of the Commission speech on Friday at the “SEC Speaks 2014” conference in Washington, D.C. But if you were distracted for a moment by the sight of hoodie-clad Mark Cuban live-tweeting at the conference, you may have missed this one paragraph in the speech:
“In 2014
Close to the Vest: Founders’ Stock and Vesting
Your startup was launched only a few months ago and your co-founder has just informed you that he’s leaving. It hits you that your co-founder just walked out the door with 50% of the equity in the company. Oops.
Founder breakups are not uncommon, but what happens to the exiting founder’s stock will depend on