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Equity Crowdfunding – Doing it Right (for discussion) 3 Nov 2012 | 02:23 am
Equity Crowfunding – the selling of shares in new ventures to the general public – can give entrepreneurs access to a vast resource of new capital. While this will stimulate the creation of more compa...
Making the Business Case 10 Mar 2012 | 08:41 am
Thinking about starting a business? Why? Can you explain what the business opportunity is and how you will make money? I hear hundreds of pitches every year from budding entrepreneurs. Their main chal...
Capital Prohibitions and Crowdfunding 31 Jan 2012 | 06:57 am
Securities regulations severely limit access to capital for start-up ventures. The average citizen is precluded from investing because of these regulations. The government's goal of protecting investo...
Musings from the Consumer Electronics Show 11 Jan 2012 | 09:23 pm
This week, I made my annual pilgrimage to the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show & Conference in Las Vegas (CES) – an annual event that I’ve been coming to for many years (actually, I came t...
The Importance of a Shareholders Agreement 1 Jan 2012 | 07:41 am
Shareholder Agreements are important because they define how a company will be governed. They are especially important when one shareholder or a group of shareholders controls the company by having mo...
Business Basics – Negotiating a Term Sheet 8 Sep 2011 | 05:00 am
A “Term Sheet” is a document that summarizes the terms of an investment. It’s usually proposed by the investor(s) and spells out what they want in order to proceed with an investment. I’m not sure why...
Shares vs Stock Options 31 May 2011 | 08:00 am
This article discusses the tax issues around issuing shares vs granting options to employees of both public and private Canadian companies. There are major tax implications that are unknown to most pe...
The Valuation Question 2 Mar 2011 | 12:46 pm
What’s my baby worth? Figuring that out is the biggest challenge entrepreneurs face when attracting investors. Many negotiations break down over this issue. The good news is that there are contractual...
Making Canada Innovative 31 Jan 2011 | 06:27 am
Innovation is a popular subject these days. It was raised by Obama in his State of the Union address as a major challenge for Americans. Here, in Canada, many think tanks, committees, interest groups,...
Business Basics – Introduction 2 Jan 2011 | 08:01 am
Over the years, I’ve written a number of articles to assist entrepreneurs, especially tech entrepreneurs, with an understanding of business matters. On the Simon Fraser University Website, much of thi...
