Non-US Startup Guides: US Establishment and Early Stage Finance
This blog is a bit of a cheat, but I have now written so many of these weekly blogs on Linkedin that companies are finding it a little difficult to find the ones that interest them.
LinkedIn doesn’t lend itself to organizing blogs, so I decided to create the subject index below. I’ll update this periodically.
So here are the topic areas. If there are related topics that I haven’t covered that would be of interest, just let me know. I can’t promise to cover them, but I’ll certainly consider it.
Startup and Scale-up Financing and Development
Startup Proof-of-Concept is not a Dirty Word: http://bit.ly/StartupPoCTrialAgr
How (and why) to find the right co-founders: http://bit.ly/RightCofounders
Your “screwed-up” startup capital structure may doom your business http://bit.ly/UninvestableStartups
How should you value your startup or scale-up’s early equity rounds?http://bit.ly/ValuingStartupScaleup
Should Your Startup or Scale-up Have an Advisory Board?: http://bit.ly/AdvisorsandAdvisoryBoards
Is Your Startup or Scale-up Partnership with an Incumbent Doomed to Fail?: http://bit.ly/DoomedPartnerships
Startup and Scale-up Pitching — 5 Errors that Kill the Pitch: http://bit.ly/Badpitchingkills
From startup to scale-up: key challenges: http://bit.ly/ScaleupChallenges
When founders fall out — prevention and treatment: http://bit.ly/WhenFoundersFallOut
Startup founders ask: how much should we raise? http://bit.ly/HowMuchInvestment
Why startups (and, I think, investors) should like Advance Subscription Agreements: http://bit.ly/AdvanceSubscriptionAgreements
Funding from Business Angels — What Startup Founders Should Know: http://bit.ly/FundingfromAngelInvestors
Can we build cross-border angel investment in Europe?: http://bit.ly/CrossborderAngelInvestment
How to Find the Right Early Stage VC Investors — 5 Tips: http://bit.ly/TargetingEarlyStageVCs
Why Early Stage Startups Fail — Top Ten Reasons http://bit.ly/WhyEarlyStageStartupsFail
Pitch Decks: 7 Ways to Improve: http://bit.ly/PitchDeckTips
Seed Stage Startup Financing — Three Avoidable Pitfalls: http://bit.ly/2p3Z6pZ
Startup Executive Summaries — Six Tips for …Investor Introds: http://bit.ly/StartupExecSummaries
Equity Crowdfunding — Four Questions You Should Ask: http://bit.ly/2pNJbuH
What Use is an Accelerator?: http://bit.ly/2pNYq9c
Four Early Stage Mistakes You Won’t Make Twice: http://bit.ly/EarlyStageMistakes
Ten Funding Fallacies: http://bit.ly/TenFundingFallacies
Engaging with Corporate Venture and Innovation Units: http://bit.ly/2kvLIbK
Get Ready for VC Funding: http://bit.ly/2qzTXYv
How and Where to Find Your VC: http://bit.ly/2pO5ToL
Fixing Your Capital Structure for VC Investment: http://bit.ly/2pdCuA9
Five Tips for Managing Early-Stage Legal Costs: http://bit.ly/2pdhQAk
Choosing Startup Professional Advisers: http://bit.ly/StartupProfAdvisors
British Airways Meltdown — Startup Lessons: http://bit.ly/BritishAirwaysMeltdown
Founders Pledge — What’s in it for Tech Entrepreneurs: http://bit.ly/WhyFoundersPledge
Can Corporate Incumbents Innovate with Startups without Killing Them: http://bit.ly/IncumbentsandStartups
Make it Easier for Large Corporates to do Business with your B2B Startup: http://bit.ly/ReducingLargeCustomerRisk
Mentors and Startups — 5 Rules of the Road: http://bit.ly/MentorsandFounders
UK and European Tech
US Angels Can Fly Cross Border: http://bit.ly/USAngelsCrossBorder
Can European Angels Fly Cross-Border?: http://bit.ly/AngelsCrossBorder
Not the New Silicon Valley: http://bit.ly/NoNewSiliconValley
Berlin vs London after Brexit — . . . European Emerging Tech: http://bit.ly/2pgQCtl
Brexit — Opportunities for US Investors and UK Tech Companies: http://bit.ly/2qHXhOr
London and New York — Building the Fintech Nexus: http://bit.ly/2qM0f3k
Brexit Threat to UK Tech Recruitment: http://bit.ly/Brexitdamagestechrecruitment
Can We Fix the UK Healthtech Funding Gap?: http://bit.ly/UKHealthtechFundingGap
US and UK: can we really afford to lose immigrant talent: http://bit.ly/ImmigrantTalent
International Expansion
Why startups and scale-ups fail internationally — top 3 reasons: http://bit.ly/PathstoIntlFailure
Scaling up internationally — 12 key considerations: http://bit.ly/InternationalScaleup
Cross-Border Expansion — Six Ways to Avoid Disaster: http://bit.ly/2nVFGkB
Angel Investors and Advisory Board Members — Int’l Expansion: http://bit.ly/2pgWym6
Preparing for US or Other International Expansion: http://bit.ly/2pdrx1x
Why US startups should come to the UK: http://bit.ly/CometotheUK
5 Surprises for US startups coming to Europe: http://bit.ly/EuropeSurprises
Why US Scale-ups Fail in Europe: http://bit.ly/WhyEuroExpansionsFail
US Establishment, Expansion and Development
US Corporate and Tax — Structuring and Governance
Why US and Foreign Emerging Companies Should Fear US Sales Tax: http://bit.ly/USSalesTaxDangers
Setting up your Delaware corporation — traps for unwary founders: http://bit.ly/DelawareIncErrors
Should your non-US startup flip to Delaware — the latest: http://bit.ly/DelawareFlipUpdate
To Flip or Not to Flip? Further Reflections on the “Delaware Flip”: http://bit.ly/DelawareFlipIssues
Protect Your Limited Liability!: http://bit.ly/2pdpLNS
Avoiding the US Sales Tax Trap: http://bit.ly/2ph7iB5
Tax Compliance — Top Ten Challenges…After US Expansion: http://bit.ly/2pIgxNh
Stripe Atlas: Learning to Drive the US Ferrari: http://bit.ly/2qAfJLy
Shareholders Liable for Unpaid Compensation in New York: http://bit.ly/NYUnpaidEmployeeComp
US Employee and Contractor Matters
Wrong Recruitment Questions Can Get You into Big Trouble: http://bit.ly/WrongRecruitmentQuestions
Ensure Your US Employees are Entitled to Work …E-Verify …: http://bit.ly/2pdtY4c
Six Common US Recruitment Mistakes of Non-US Companies: http://bit.ly/2pOaOpJ
How to Manage Out Non-Performing US Employees: http://bit.ly/2q6ZcPw
US Employee Non-Competes — Not So Simple Anymore: http://bit.ly/2pO4WNb
The Mechanics — Hiring Your First US Employees: http://bit.ly/2qLMeTo
Beware — Are Your US Contractors Really Contractors?: http://bit.ly/2ph1cAl
Finding & Managing People–Top Ten Challenges …: http://bit.ly/2p4xbb4
How to Make Your UK Equity Plans Work in the US: http://bit.ly/2pdwsQ5
Trump Kills Entrepreneur Visa — UK/Euro Founders Shouldn’t Worry: http://bit.ly/TrumpkillsEntrepreneurVisa
US Financing
Early Stage Funding–What UK Founders Should Expect in US: http://bit.ly/2pNYWUA
Pitching to US VC’s: http://bit.ly/2q75LRQ
Securing Investment–Top Ten Challenges…After US Expansion: http://bit.ly/2p4wXAA
Choosing a US VC: http://bit.ly/2q73kPr
When Should a European Startup Seek US VC?: http://bit.ly/2qM4rAs
US Regulatory
How to Cope with US Regulation and Tax: http://bit.ly/2qAcmUY
Regulatory Innovation in Fintech — Can the US Catch Up?: http://bit.ly/2pdztja
US Commercial, IP and Litigation
Six Steps to Protect Your US Brand: http://bit.ly/6BrandProtection
Selling to US Corporates — A Guide to the Perplexed: http://bit.ly/2pNXGRm
Litigation Risk — Top Ten Challenges … After US Expansion: http://bit.ly/2qAkpku
Contracting & IP — Top Ten Challenges … After US Expansion: http://bit.ly/2phfroS
US — General
The Trump Factor — “Should I Come or Should I Go”: http://bit.ly/2pdDDI4
Top Ten Tips — Getting Ready for the US: http://bit.ly/2qAgtjY
Yes, really! Governments Can Help You Expand to the US: http://bit.ly/2q7ll03
Expanding to the US — Where Should We Go?: http://bit.ly/2pIk6Tz
US Expansion — Setting Up the Right Way: http://bit.ly/2pOlwwe
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This discussion is not intended to provide legal advice, and no legal or business decision should be based on its contents. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact robert.mollen@friedfrank.com or via LinkedIn here.
You will find Bob’s other weekly blogs for emerging and growth companies on US issues, international expansion and early stage financing here: http://bit.ly/2lP5uMP
