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Beyond Madison
By: Alexander P. Fraser In the 15 years I’ve been working with Wisconsin early-stage companies, I’ve always done so in the shadow of Madison. The conventional wisdom is that Madison is the end-all and...
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Startup Valuation Workshop Slides & Worksheets
Recently, Paul Jones, Chair of Venture Best Practice Group, conducted a workshop which discussed valuation for startup companies. The presentation, slides and worksheets have been posted below: Click...
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Milestone or Millstone? Financing, that is.
By: Paul A. Jones As a lawyer, I’ve counseled many an entrepreneur, and even an occasional angel or venture investor, who thought so-called milestone-based financing rounds might bridge an especially...
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Are Video Game Companies Recession-Proof?
By: Christopher C. Davis Prior to becoming an attorney, I spent five years employed as a video game programmer at Electronic Arts, publisher of such game franchises as Madden and The Sims. At that time...
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Entrepreneurs, Investors and Board Meetings: What’s the Right Balance for...
By: Paul A. Jones Meetings are seldom fun, and board meetings are no exception. Moreover, meetings have a mostly deserved reputation for being unproductive wastes of time and talent. Still, some...
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The Vision Rule
By: Paul A. Jones One of the more insidious clichés of the venture capital business is the so-called “golden rule,” to wit that “he who has the gold, rules.” Alas, it’s a rule that too many less...
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Navigating Wisconsin State Income Tax Credit Incentives
By: Hamang B. Patel A business executive can be excused for not knowing which of the various state income tax credit incentives is appropriate for his or her company. At first blush, the various tax...
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Thinking About Dilution
By: Paul A. Jones For most entrepreneurs, dilution is an ugly word. Being diluted, after all, is about giving someone else a piece of your business. All other things being equal, that’s not a good...
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Maybe It Can Happen Here
By: Paul A. Jones Having been around the high impact startup and venture capital business for almost 30 years, on both coasts and now here in Wisconsin, I’ve developed a pretty good set of rules of...
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UW-Madison Technology Commercialization Efforts
Michael Best’s Paul Jones, co-chair of the Venture Best Practice Group, was quoted in today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on the recent technology commercialization efforts at the University of...
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Employee Non-Disclosure Agreements: the Unreasonable Requirements to make...
By: Craig J. Johnson At a recent Venture Best meeting we were discussing the substance of the set of documents every startup company needs. One such fundamental document to make the list was an...
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The Startup Business Plan
By: Paul A. Jones Recently, Paul Jones, Of Counsel to the Business Practice Group and a member of the Venture Best team, gave a presentation on “The Startup Business Plan.” Click here to view the...
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