Posted on October 6, 2016 in TechLaw
Technology and the era of globalization have opened up much of the world for businesses seeking growth in new markets. But these dynamics also bring formidable challenges: attracting, incentivizing and retaining talent in far-off places.
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Posted on October 3, 2016
As the market for public offerings has all but dried up – with only one venture-backed technology IPO through the first eight months of this year – and as large public companies have built massive cash reserves, acquisitions have become the primary exit driver for entrepreneurs and their venture backers
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Posted on September 30, 2016 in TechLaw
Lawyers occupy a unique space in the technology world. Trained to detect, identify and eliminate risk, they often feel at odds in an industry that thrives on risk, where risk is equated with opportunity.
But in an age of radical transformation, as digitization sweeps through every industry – making no exception for the law – attorneys may need to rethink their relationship with risk. In fact, the inaction that often results from focusing on risk management might be the riskiest action of all – for lawyers and the businesses they serve.
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Posted on September 29, 2016 in Garage2Global
When Michelle Zatlyn launched her new infrastructure company, CloudFlare, at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2010, she and her partner were confident they'd win the startup competition. But they didn't win. The problem: judges had a hard time understanding what the startup did.
But in hindsight, Zatlyn has no regrets about that experience – or about her early inability to tell CloudFlare's story. In fact, she wears it like a merit badge.
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