Category Archives: Start-up Company Law

Mark Scott reported recently in The New York Times that, “The focus at Deliveroo [a food delivery start-up with headquarters in London] is symptomatic of a change across many European start-ups. Just as in Silicon Valley, where a number of privately held tech companies have been stung by lower valuations and investor questions about their… Continue Reading

Erin Griffith reported on the front page of the business section in today’s Los Angeles Times that, “Stewart Butterfield graduated high school to become part of the slacker generation, which is coincidentally reflected in the name of his business software start-up, Slack. His Twitter bio includes an apathetic ‘shruggie’ emoticon and a mea culpa: ‘I’m… Continue Reading

Katie Benner reported in today’s New York Times that, “Technology stocks are gyrating. Valuations for once-vaunted private companies have been slashed and some start-ups have shut down. Even Apple’s chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, recently said he was ‘seeing extreme conditions unlike anything we have ever experienced.’ “But in Silicon Valley, ask any start-up entrepreneur… Continue Reading