In retrospect, the signs were there. Three consecutive nights dreaming about legal document drafting, a 36-hour illness almost worthy of an ER visit, and brainlock. I was burned out. I finally decided to take a break this weekend. And I’m glad I did because now everything’s back to “normal.” Why
Last Thursday, I became the first lawyer to spend a day working from a startup coworking environment. (Well, I’ll make the claim until someone tells me otherwise.) Coworking is a collaboration space for developers, writers, and independents. My coworking application was approved a few weeks ago, after I made the
I’m often contacted by lawyers for advice about going solo or how to start a law firm. In the legal world, going solo is the equivalent of quitting your day job and launching your startup full-time. So I’m dedicating this blog post to provide some background about how I launched
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I wanted to give my initial thoughts on the Y Combinator Series AA Angel Investor Legal Documents that were officially released late last week. I plan to write a document-by-document breakdown in the coming week: Term Sheet – August 29th Stock Purchase Agreement – August 30th Board Consent – August
I could use more palm trees here in Dallas and while I’m at it a Togo’s. However, the “City of Angels” reference in this post’s title is about bridging the gap between entrepreneurs and angel investors rather than going “Under the Bridge.” The startup ecosystem in Dallas is discombobulated if
Y Combinator and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati are happy to announce the Series AA Equity Financing Documents. The Y Combinator documents are back up again–grab them while you can. At first glance, it looks like they added a term sheet. And now each document comes with a fancy new
I got a pleasant surprise in my email inbox yesterday. Bambi Francisco (formerly of Dow Jones MarketWatch and currently founder of Vator.tv) suggested I become a contributor at Vator.tv’s recently-added Newsroom. Other Vator News contributors include Jeremy Liew, Fred Wilson, Don Dodge, Seth Godin, and Mark Cuban. (So I better
