Category: Startup Lawyer
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Announcing Roberts Foster LLP
I’ve been told by my board of directors (i.e., my wife) and various clients that I should blog more often. I figured the best way to do that was to bring on additional personnel at my day job. So I’ve done just that with the formation of Roberts Foster LLP. We’re a boutique law firm…
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Hello World!
Wow, 2011 was a busy year. My clients put together a nice amount of seed and venture financings in 2011. On the home front, my wife and I experienced the arrival of our 3rd new addition to the family. In fact, she even let me revise a term sheet in maternity triage about 45 minutes…
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Silicon Beach at SXSW
In the event you are in downtown Austin on Monday around lunchtime, you should check out the “Silicon Beach at SXSW” event at Parkside on 6th Street. The event is being hosted by Mingly and co-sponsored by Techzulu, Nerdy Shirts, and this blog. Join us for free drinks, demos and mingle with Southern California startups.…
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2010 Startup Lawyer Roundup
A little late this year, but here’s some stats for this blog for 2010: Total Visits: 162,539 visits (94,685 in 2009) Top State Visits: 33,686 from Cali, 14,228 from New York and 12,038 from Texas. Top University Visits: 309 visits from Stanford, 163 from MIT, 150 from Harvard Top Visited Page: If I Launched a…
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Tech Wildcatters Applications Due January 16th
Dallas-based Tech Wildcatters is set to launch their 2nd class and will stop accepting applications January 16th. Their inaugural class of 5 companies raised over $4,000,000 in funding through two venture and two angel rounds. Tech Wildcatters is a startup accelerator that offers up to $25,000 and 12 weeks of hands on mentorship. Here’s what…
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Key Ring is Hiring
Key Ring is a mobile app by Mobestream Media on both iPhone and Android that brings all your loyalty cards together. You use Key Ring to scan & store your existing loyalty cards, enroll in new loyalty programs, and access exclusive coupons and discounts. This Dallas-based startup is looking for people to fill the following…
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Startup Weekend Dallas is a Global Startup Battle
Startup Weekend Dallas is now a true global startup battle. The winning team from Dallas will go head-to-head against the winning teams from Beirut, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, New York, Portland, Seattle, Sofia, and Tulsa. From http://globalstartupbattle.com/battle: “On the weekends of November 12-14 and 19-21, hundreds of teams around the world will compete with…
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Dallas Startup Happy Hour Tomorrow
Dallas Startup Happy Hour is tomorrow @ 5pm! The speakers for the inaugural Startup Happy Hour 2.0, to be held Wednesday, Oct. 27, at Campbell Centre, will include Blake Burris of CoHabitat; Gabriella Draney of Tech Wildcatters; Danica Mathes of Ignite Dallas; and Joey Pomerenke of Startup Weekend. More than 250 entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs and others…
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Embrace the Martian
Real talk. Service providers like startup lawyers aren’t exactly the crowd favorites at startup events and have a hard time fitting in with the crowd. For the past year or so, every time I’m about to enter a startup event Kid Cudi‘s “Embrace the Martian” song pops into my head. This lyric in particular: All…
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Startup Lawyer Dress Code
“What bet did you lose?” “Did we get sued?” “Who died?” These are some of the wisecracks I get from startup clients when I show up to their office wearing a suit. And since most of my clients wear flip-flops to work, I probably should know better than to wear dress shoes to their office.…