Posts Tagged ‘securities’
Crowdfunding Update: FAQ’s for Entrepreneurs
by Scott Edward Walker on December 1st, 2011Tags: broker-dealer, crowd funding, crowdfunding, crowdfunding bill, facebook, House bill, Kickstarter, NASAA, ProFounder, securities, Senate bill, Senator Brown, startups, twitter
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“Ask the Business Attorney” – What Are the Biggest Legal Mistakes that Startups Make?
by Scott Edward Walker on June 9th, 2010Introduction
This post was originally part of my “Ask the Attorney” series which I am writing for VentureBeat (one of the most popular websites for entrepreneurs). Below is a longer, more comprehensive version — with ten mistakes, instead of six.
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Tags: 83(b) election, accredited investors, business attorney, choice of entity, diligence, employment, entrepreneurs, equity, incorporation, IP, legalzoom, raising capital, securities, securities laws, splitting equity, stock options, vesting, vesting restrictions
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Rescission Offers: Five Tips For Entrepreneurs
by Scott Edward Walker on November 24th, 2009In light of the Madoff affair and other significant external pressures, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and State securities law commissions and departments are dramatically stepping-up enforcement of securities laws. Indeed, there is a heightened level of regulatory scrutiny that entrepreneurs need to be aware of as they struggle to raise capital during this difficult economic period. I have discussed the most common securities law violations in a relatively recent post: “Five Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make in Raising Capital”; and as I pointed out in “Mistake #1”, non-compliance with applicable securities laws could result in serious adverse consequences. (more…)

Tags: Google, Regulation D, rescission offer, rescission offers, SEC, securities, Securities Act, securities laws
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Walker Twitter Highlights: September 27th – October 3rd
by Scott Edward Walker on October 3rd, 2009For those of you who do not follow Walker Corporate Law Group (Walker) on Twitter, I have set forth below highlights of our tweets for the past seven days. Indeed, I hope that a few of the links to articles, blog posts, podcasts and videos are helpful to our clients and friends. If you would like to follow Walker on Twitter (or if you would like to receive an RSS feed of our tweets), you can sign-up
here. You can also check out the recent tweets of some of the entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and others Walker is following by clicking their photos on such
page. If you have any questions or comments (or if you would like any additional information) with respect to any of the tweets below, please contact me through the comments section of this post. Many thanks, Scott

Tags: deals, entrepreneurs, private equity, securities, startup, tech, technology, venture, venture capital
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