Five compensation-related mistakes startups make (and should avoid)

Five compensation-related mistakes startups make (and should avoid)

(Editor’s note: Caine Moss is a corporate and securities partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.)

In our startup practice, we see a number of common mistakes entrepreneurs make as they establish and grow their companies.  Not surprisingly, many of these are made in the course of compensating employees and other service providers, which is a key area of activity early in a company’s life cycle.

Compensation-related pitfalls... Continue Reading

Ask the attorney: What sort of stock should I give my angel investor?

Ask the attorney: What sort of stock should I give my angel investor?

(Editor’s note: “Ask the Attorney” is a weekly VentureBeat feature allowing start-up owners to get answers to their legal questions. Submit yours in the comments below and look for answers in the coming weeks. Author Scott Edward Walker is the founder and CEO of Walker Corporate Law Group, PLLC, a boutique corporate law firm specializing in the representation of entrepreneurs.)

Question:  We launched our company about six months ago, and we have a couple of... Continue Reading

Management

Want to succeed? Try failing

Silicon Valley celebrates its successes, but the failure rate is generally much, much higher. But what makes the Valley different than other entrepreneur-rich areas is how it deals with those... Continue Reading

DEMO application deadline is today; meetup at Accel Partners

DEMO application deadline is today; meetup at Accel Partners

Today is the deadline for applications to the upcoming DEMO conference. We’ve got some truly pathbreaking companies launching this Spring and can’t wait to reveal them on stage at Palm... Continue Reading

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Financing

It's ok to steal...

It’s ok to steal…

(Editor’s note: Michael Greenberg is COO of Loyalty Lab. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)

It has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur.  There are very large... Continue Reading

Why do VCs blog (and Tweet)?

Why do VCs blog (and Tweet)?

(Editor’s note: Jeff Bussgang is a General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners. This column originally appeared on his blog Seeing Both Sides.)

For decades, the venture capital industry was like... Continue Reading

China's VC market may be hitting its stride

China’s VC market may be hitting its stride

(Editor’s note: Mark R. Williams is a partner in the Corporate and Securities group of law firm DLA Piper and has worked on numerous transactions in China and Asia.... Continue Reading

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Product Development

What's better: A trial version or a "lite" version?

What’s better: A trial version or a “lite” version?

(Editor’s note: Answers OnStartups is a Q&A site for entrepreneurs founded and moderated by Dharmesh Shah and Jason Cohen. This semimonthly feature highlights popular discussion topics on the forum and... Continue Reading

A new way of looking at sales and marketing

A new way of looking at sales and marketing

(Editor’s note: Brant Cooper is an independent consultant specializing in marketing and product management. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)

Have you ever viewed a world map where South is... Continue Reading

Tech changes and the entrepreneur: How to keep up

Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts that over the next 20 years, we’ll see as much change in technology as we’ve seen in the past 100. If that’s true, it means the... Continue Reading

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