Category Archives: Start-up Company Law

Earlier this month, Wall Street Journal writer Miriam Gottfried reported that, “U.S. private-equity firms, armed with a record amount of cash, are struggling to find ways to spend it. “A year ago, fears of an economic slowdown and worries about trade tensions with China sent a tremor through markets and put some leveraged buyouts on… Continue Reading

Steve Lohr and Erin Griffith reported in today’s New York Times that, “When Rajiv Ayyangar and two other Yahoo alumni explored start-up ideas, they experimented with concepts directed at the public, like a personal finance app. But making money from consumers was too daunting, they concluded, partly because of the tight grip that digital giants… Continue Reading

New York Times writer Erin Griffith reported this week that, “Mark Frank, who runs a health technology start-up called SonderMind, had planned to wait until the end of 2020 to raise more money for his company. “But after Uber and Lyft stumbled when going public and WeWork ousted its chief executive and pulled its initial… Continue Reading

Late last month, Stephen Grocer reported at The New York Times Online that, “WeWork, Lyft, Uber, Peloton: To their early backers, these are companies that would transform the way the world works, works out or gets around. “To public stock investors, they are companies with inflated valuations and real questions about when they will start… Continue Reading

This week, Wall Street Journal writer Maureen Farrell reported that, “The IPO market has gone from hot to not. “Shares of newly public companies, earlier this year one of the hottest investments on Wall Street, are now in a slump after investors soured on unprofitable startups from Uber Technologies Inc. to WeWork. “Shares of technology… Continue Reading

Des Moines Register writer Donnelle Eller reported recently that, “The modern office in this once-dilapidated building gives graduating high school students hope they can find high-paying tech jobs in the town where they grew up, leaders said [earlier this month]. “‘People shouldn’t have to move. People shouldn’t have their only choice be to get out the… Continue Reading

Bloomberg writer Jake Pitcher reported today that, “New commercial drone businesses flooded into the market at the start of the decade, flush with venture capital and giddy with visions of unmanned aircraft being used for everything from delivering packages to fertilizing farmland. “Unmanned aircraft are still seen as a pillar of the future. But for… Continue Reading

Wall Street Journal writers Shalini Ramachandran and Rolfe Winkler reported recently that, “This year is set to be a huge one for startup IPOs. Going public is a cinematic moment for founders, CEOs and early employees, one that can turn years of hard work into immense wealth. But off-camera, the startup world has a dark… Continue Reading