VCs say a lot of cryptic stuff when we pass on an investment – partially because it make us appear smart, but mostly because we simply don't want to be assholes. So, we try as hard as we can to not ...

Venture Capital: A Practice Guidebook for Capital-Seeking Business, Owners, Managers and Advisors is a complete book covering the basics of venture capital funding, including a overview of venture ...

We are concerned in the venture capital community by the bill known as the "Tax Extenders Bill", which was passed in the House of Representatives last week. The provision on changing the tax treatment ...

I've spent a reasonable amount of time thinking, over the Christmas break, of what types of startup companies succeed, what types raise funding, what types are capital intensive. It's also been ...

Joe Platnick, a member of the Pasadena Angels, recently posted his list of some criteria for selecting an investor at the group's blog, Ask The Angels, and he gave us permission to repost it here.

Under California law, noncompete covenants are generally unenforceable due to California’s strong public policy against restraints on trade. However, there are certain narrow circumstances in the ...

“You're walking around blind without a cane, pal. A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place.” – Gordon Gekko in “Wall Street” A week before Groupon’s initial public ...

Jared Reitzen is CEO of MobileStorm, a Los Angeles firm which provides digital marketing services. Jared posted this on his blog Tuesday and we thought our readers might find his tips useful. As I sit ...

The price per share of the Series A Preferred Stock that the venture capital investor is willing to pay is equal to the pre-money valuation of the company divided by the total number of shares ...

"With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good." Really? I would think that with a name like Smucker's it has to be a vile disease or possibly a large, poisonous, South American leech. If "Smucker's" ...

When you start your company you need to decide what form of corporate structure you want to use. Depending on what you are trying to achieve, you might operate as a sole proprietor, form an LLC or C ...