VC Deal Lawyer

You may have read my earlier post entitled Doing it Right the First Time:  The 15 Most Common, but Avoidable, Mistakes Made by High Growth Start-ups.  I wanted to add some additional articles/posts I’ve read since then that add some flavor to my post.  Check out the following:

When to Fire Your Co-Founders, by Simeon Simeonov [...]

Imagine you are half-way through due diligence on your Series A round and the venture fund’s counsel realizes that you never complied with federal and state securities laws when you raised angel money.  Or, imagine your early CTO hire does not have the level of experience he/she professed in the interview or on his/her resume and the company is [...]

I got a kick out of this article by Seth Godin.  It’s about the classic situation where you are looking for help from a customer service rep that frankly admits that their employer sucks, the company sucks and even though they are admittedly nice and wanting to help you, they are handcuffed by their evil corporation.  [...]