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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 Hutchison, founder of Hutchison PLLC. You may have already read about the…

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Technology

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…

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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 all newsworthy, and I get…

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Licensing & Corporate Partnering

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 digital copies of video games. The principle of…

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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 to a number of reasons, such as personnel shortages,…

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Securities

Business Interruption and Contractual Nonperformance: Uniform Commercial Code Article 2

As countries around the world respond to the arising threat posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, businesses are finding their operations interrupted due to a number of reasons, such as personnel shortages,…

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Business Interruption and Contractual Nonperformance: Force Majeure

As countries around the world respond to the arising threat posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, businesses are finding their operations interrupted due to a number of reasons, such as personnel shortages,…

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CCPA – What is it and does this apply to my organization?

As many in the U.S. were ringing in the New Year on January 1, 2020, the long-anticipated California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) became effective. This statute’s main intent is to protect the…

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Corporate

What’s the Difference Between a Public Benefit Corporation and a B Corp Certification?

How is a benefit corporation different from a corporation? At risk of stating the blindingly obvious, all founders of for-profit companies want their businesses to be profitable. It’s the table stakes for…

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Securities Tax

Motivating Your Startup’s Team: Restricted Stock or Stock Options?

What’s the Difference Between Restricted Stock and Stock Options? There are a variety of forms that equity compensation can take, but the two most prevalent in the startup environment when the startup…

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