Category Archives: Start-up Company Law

Wall Street Journal writer Don Clark reported late last week that, “An influential academic who helped define a new wave of networking is laying plans to unleash the next, hoping to displace chips that have long held a dominant position in the field. “Barefoot Networks Inc., a startup co-founded by Stanford University professor Nick McKeown,… Continue Reading

Wall Street Journal writers Rachel Witkowski and Telis Demos reported last week that, “Some financial-technology upstarts are concluding it is better to be regulated than not. “Take Circle Internet Financial Ltd., a digital-payments company. Concluding that licensing would make it easier to do business, its executives last year sought a charter from a federal banking regulator,… Continue Reading

Tatiana Walk-Morris reported in yesterday’s New York Times that, “Many tech start-ups are in the business of making themselves successful. But some entrepreneurs have set up businesses with the express mission of training others to be successful in the tech sector. “Several of those start-ups have dedicated themselves to creating programs, incubators or accelerators to… Continue Reading

Rachael King reported in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal that, “Salesforce.com will devote a new $50 million investment fund to startups and create an incubator for early-stage cloud startups, Chief Executive Marc Benioff said. “The dual move is the sales-software provider’s latest push to foster an ecosystem of applications that run on its cloud-computing platform.” Ms…. Continue Reading

Janet Morrissey reported in today’s New York Times that, “The business world is filled with starry-eyed entrepreneurs who hope that the blessings of angel investors and venture capitalists will transform their start-up dreams into companies with billion-dollar valuations. “But some successful start-ups have been bucking the trend by growing and expanding without taking a dime… Continue Reading

Christopher Mims reported in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal that, “Marc Hedlund and his co-founders are launching a company called Skyliner that looks like a typical tech startup, except in one important way. “The founders are all engineers and, collectively, veterans of marquee tech companies such as Microsoft Corp., Yammer Inc., Etsy Inc. and Stripe Inc.”… Continue Reading

Matthew Patane reported in today’s Des Moines Register that, “Iowa State University and a group of investors have teamed up to boost the number of successful startups focused on innovative farming. “Combined, the university and investors have created Ag Startup Engine, a development program for agriculture technology companies.” The Register article noted that, “Ag-tech startups… Continue Reading