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What’s the Difference? Incentive Stock Options (ISOs) versus Nonstatutory Stock Options (NSOs)
In deciding how to best compensate employees in a startup, clients often consider stock options as a viable choice. But even once the decision is made to move for…
Raising Over $475M in Biomedical Startups, with Serial Entrepreneur Daniel White
There is an old saying for writers struggling to find their voice, “write what you know.” The same can be said for entrepreneurs. To found a successfu…
Paycheck Protection Program 2.0: Second Draw Loans and Other Updates
On December 27, 2020, the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Business, Nonprofits and Venues Act (the “Act”) became law. The Act included $284 billion of …
Making Payroll, Raising Capital and the Adrenaline Rush of Being a HealthTech CEO, with Ludi's Gail Peace
As an intellectual property attorney working with startup companies, I get a lot of people telling me about the idea they have for an invention or a new…
Lessons in Social and Emotional Entrepreneurship, with Kristen Hopkins (Dangers of the Mind)
If you are like me, the words SEL or “Social and Emotional Learning” may have little meaning, but if you sit down with my guest Kristen Hopkin…
A Deal-Making Magic 8-Ball and Other Surprises: Entrepreneurship and Investing with Robbie Hardy and Fred Hutchison
I recently had the opportunity to interview two Triangle entrepreneurial icons, Robbie Hardy, founder and chair of xElle Ventures, and Fred Hu…
From NC State to Changing the State of Health Information Networks, with Medicom Technologies’ Malcolm Benitz
I talk to a lot of founders or people who would like to one day have that title who are convinced that they do not have the right experience or a deep enough resu…
Sharing Triangle Startup Stories with the Founder Shares Podcast
Don’t get me wrong, I love hearing about the milestone moments of Triangle startups. The raises, the new hires, the big deals and the glamorous exits are al…
Can You Exhaust a Digital Video Game Copyright?
In Valve v. UFC-Que Choisir, the Paris Court of First Instance (the “Paris Court”) ruled that the principle of copyright exhaustion does apply to digi…
Business Interruption and Contractual Nonperformance: Common Law Principles of Frustration, Impracticability and Impossibility
As countries around the world respond to the arising threat posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, businesses are finding their operations interrupted due …
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