Why Do Companies Fail?
Will Price from Hummer Winbald has today’s Great VC Blog of the Day up titled Isolating Causality: Bad Market or Bad Company. He could have titled it “Isolating Casualty” (that’s how I read it the first time.)
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Archives for February 2007
Month: February 2007
Do Venture Capitalist Care About Immigration Laws?
Question: What’s the position of the VC community in general (and yours in particular) with regards to startups with non-resident alien founders having no work permits in the US, but having valid business visas to enter US at any time? Our Take: We can’t speak for the entire VC community on this topic (but would […]
The IRS Is Urging Companies To Pay Liabilities Of Workers With Backdated Options.
Brad sent me a link to an article the other day regarding the IRS urging companies to pay the taxes owed by workers that received backdated options. This has been a subject that hasn’t gotten nearly the limelight that the actual backdating scandals have gotten. If you remember from our 409A series, stock options that […]
Nothing Is Standard
In case you hadn’t noticed, Jason is back from his vacation (a cruise no less – feel free to tease him about it) and blogging up a storm. On the other hand, I’ve had oatmeal and bananas in my hotel room for breakfast – again. Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures has the Great VC […]
How Is Intellectual Property Split Between Separating Founders?
Question: What happens if two founders hit a crossroads and they are not able to agree on the strategic direction of the company prior to institutional funding and decide to separate? Is there an easy way to split the company at this point given that there are no hard assets? What rights does each party […]
What Do Venture Capitalists Think About Offshore Development Offices?
Question: We are considering opening up an offshore development office (location not yet selected). I would like to know if this is a negative factor in the eyes of the VC community. What should we consider before we make the jump? Our Take: If executed properly, VCs are usually strong supporters of offshore development centers. […]