Master pitching your business to angel investors and VCs to finance fast growth and a profitable early exit. Tuesday, October 1, 2013. This is unfortunate because the Exit constitutes the major determinant of the pay off that investors may expect.

For the past two decades, my work has focussed on designing and executing optimum exits. I started my first company while I was still in grad school. Nexus grew to be the second largest in the world. It was my first exit. And is now part of Cisco. After my first exit, I worked as a professional investor. I founded and ran a successful hedge fund, venture capital fund and angel fund. And books like Early Exits.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010. Has generated 750,000 visitors and 10,000 new members in the three weeks since it was published. Given that the article made it to the NYTimes. Saturday, February 6, 2010.

On June 2, 2010 by chrisco. Was a great Ruby on Rails event in Helsinki, Finland. Great hosts, great speakers and participants. BuzzPal and BuzzPal Blog Update. On February 6, 2010 by chrisco. 8221; case study for one example.

Adventures and musings in the carbon market. In 2004 it was vogue to argue the merits of cap and trade versus tax. Ultimately, cap and trade won out in a big way. The arguments heated up again around 2008, especially in Canada as the world enjoyed its riches and had time to sit around and bicker about fringe issues like climate change and how to solve it.

Board governance for early stage technology companies. 20 Board Terms of Reference. 21 Director Terms of Reference. 22 Chair Terms of Reference. 23 Audit Committee Terms of Reference. 24 Compensation Committee Terms of Reference. 34 Board and Management Responsibilities. 35 Splitting the Roles of Chairman and CEO. 36 Relationship Between Chairman and CEO. 361 What the CEO should Expect from the Board.

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Resources and Links for Employment Law Issues Facing Employers and Employees. I no longer actively publish on this blog site. However, readers of this blog or those interested in issues at the intersection of employment law and technology issues can still discuss these issues with me at my new blog, The Michigan Employment Law Advisor. This blog is focused on Michigan and federal employment law issues facing employers and employees.