First, what a Buy-Sell Agreement is NOT: A buy-sell agreement is not an agreement to buy or sell a company. A Buy-sell agreement is a binding contract between co-owners (partners, members or shareholders for instance) that controls when certain events…
Boulder Startup Lawyers on Equity Crowdfunding The SEC proposed new rules regarding equity crowdfunding for business startups. Previously, only wealthy or "accredited" investors were allowed to invest in companies in exchange for equity, such as stock. However, for those non-accredited…
Colorado Ranks in the Top 5 for Best States for Businessess Colorado is #5 on Forbes annual list of "Best States for Businesses." According to Forbes, the annual list is complied using "six important factors for businesses: costs, labor supply,…
Boulder, followed by Ft. Collins-Loveland, was recently ranked as number one in the country for high-tech start company density. Two other Colorado communities made the top-10 list: Denver-Broomfield-Aurora (6th) and Colorado Springs (9th). Colorado, and Boulder specifically, is truly becoming…
CNBC just released “America’s Top States for Business 2013.” Colorado moved up to the 7th position on this list form 8th place in 2012. CNBC “scored all 50 states on 51 measures of competitiveness developed with input from business groups including…
A recent Colorado supreme court decision made the protections afforded limited liability companies “LLCs” even better in the state of Colorado--particularly, given that Colorado is a hotspot for business startups. An LLC is a type of business entity that many…
According to a recent Forbes article, Colorado launched a startup business every 72 hours--particularly in Boulder and Denver. Both Boulder and Denver are "joining the list of developing tech hubs in the world." The Forbes articles cites the Startup Report…
As a Colorado Startup Lawyer, I found Norm Brodsky's The Right Way To Approach A Start-up to be a short but insightful article on a recent experience he had with one of his startups. What I found to be the most interesting item in…
We spend a good deal of time with both prospective and current clients, including startups, encouraging “preventative law.” And, I’ve got to tell you, that simple phrase often causes a number of blank stares. In our society we are conditioned…
Financing is the most important and most frustrating thing a startup faces. The most well known ways startups raise capital are through venture capitalists, angel investors and now crowdfunding. If your startup is considering crowdfunding as a way to raise…