General Legal Resource Materials
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Entrepreneurship Law Editorial Team
Books
William A. Klein, John C. Coffee & Frank Partnoy, Business Organization and Finance, Legal and Economic Principles (11th ed. 2010).
Abstract (from Amazon Product Description):
Klein, Coffee, and Partnoy's Business Organization and Finance, Legal and Economic Principles, 11th explains the basic economic elements and legal principles of business organization and finance. It distills in a straightforward and accessible way the essential elements of these often complex topics and explains the basic economic elements and legal principles of business organization and finance with concise, conceptual overviews. It contains a detailed introduction outlining the essential functions of corporate law. It contains an invaluable new section covering recent developments in financial markets, the financial crisis, the role of derivatives and financial complexity in the modern corporation to give students background on modern financial issues. An authoritative introduction to the law, the Foundation Press Concepts and Insights Series offers law students concise, conceptual overviews of important areas of law, as written by leading scholars. Students reap the benefit of the authors expert opinions, insight, and experience, with illustrative case studies, case notes, and examples.
Alex Wilmerding, Deal Terms: The Finer Points of Venture Capital Deal Structures, Valuations, Term Sheets, Stock Options and Getting Deals Done (2003).
Abstract (from Amazon Product Description):
Deal Terms is an in-depth look at valuations, preferred stock, stock options and other variables that affect deal structure. Written from a venture capital perspective, however applicable for all types of financings, Deal Terms includes actual term sheets, valuation methodology and analysis, assessment of stock option programs and their impact on valuations and capital structures and other real world documents used by leading venture capitalists and lawyers analyzed from multiple perspectives.
Alex Wilmerding, TERM SHEETS AND VALUATIONS: A LINE-BY-LINE LOOK AT THE INTRICACIES OF VENTURE CAPITAL TERM SHEETS AND VALUATIONS (2006).
Abstract (from publisher): Term Sheets & Valuations is the first ever in-depth look at the nuts and buts of terms sheets and valuations. The book, written by leading venture capitalist Alexander Wilmerding of Boston Capital Ventures, covers topics such What is a Term Sheet, How to Examine a Term Sheet, A Section-by-Section View of a Term Sheet, Valuations, What Every Entrepreneur & Executive Needs to Know About Term Sheets, Valuation Parameters, and East Coast Versus West Coast Rules. In addition, the book includes an actual term sheet from a leading law firm with line by line descriptions of each clause, what can/should be negotiated, and the important points to pay attention to. A must have book for any executive, entrepreneur, or financial professional.
Emerging Companies Guide: A Resource for Professionals and Entrepreneurs (Robert L. Brown & Alan S. Gutterman, eds., 2d ed. 2011).
Abstract (from Amazon.com):
This guide-book includes forms and checklists for such topics as new product development, marketing, and growth and exit strategies. A companion CD-ROM is also included.
Articles
Cécile Carpentier & Jean-Marc Suret, Entrepreneurial Equity Financing and Securities Regulation: An Empirical Analysis, 30 Int'l Small Bus. J. 41 (2012).
Abstract
(adapted from authors):
To protect investors, securities regulation generally restrains entrepreneurial ventures from entering the stock market. Scholars and regulators contend that strong rules and requirements for listing are essential to prevent the market from failing. However, these constraints can also unduly impede the growth of new ventures. The authors use the Canadian case to examine the effects of the relaxation of the regulatory constraints. Unlike in other countries, firms in Canada can list at a very early stage, without revenues, with a minimal size and even without writing a prospectus using the reverse merger technique. This provides a unique opportunity to examine entrepreneurial ventures listed on a public market. The quality of firms, their post-listing operating performance and strategy, and their fate largely support the opinion that strong listing requirements are essential to prevent the emergence of a lemon market. Investors involved in this market obtain very poor returns. This indicates that they are neither able to set correct prices in this market nor deal with the high level of information asymmetry therein. The reluctance of most regulators to relax the requirements for small business finance can therefore, be justified.
Max Gerwin, Note, The Small Business Jobs and Credit Act: A Legal and Economic Analysis of The Stimulus Bill from Both a Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Perspective, 6 Entrepren. Bus. L.J. 175 (2011).
Abstract:
This article analyzes how the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 will affect entrepreneurs. Specifically, it looks at the ways the Act tries to improve entrepreneur’s access to credit. It also provides some tax relief to entrepreneurs in some situations. However, in the author’s eyes, the new law does not do enough to stimulate lending to entrepreneurs or increase demand for business.
Darian M. Ibrahim, Financing the Next Silicon Valley, 87 Wash. U.L. Rev. 717 (2010).
Abstract (from author):
Silicon Valley's success has led other regions to attempt their own high-tech transformations, yet most imitators have failed. Entrepreneurs may be in short supply in these "non-tech" regions, but some non-tech regions are home to high-quality entrepreneurs who relocate to Silicon Valley due to a lack of local financing for their start-ups. Non-tech regions must provide local finance to prevent entrepreneurial relocation and reap spillover benefits for their communities. This Article compares three possible sources of entrepreneurial finance - private venture capital, state-sponsored venture capital, and angel investor groups - and finds that angel groups have distinct advantages when it comes to funding innovation in non-tech regions. This entrepreneurial finance story is then supplemented by a "law and entrepreneurship" story - specifically, a look at securities laws that might impede optimal levels of angel group financing.
Tanya M. Marcum & Eden S. Blair, Entrepreneurial Decisions and Legal Issues in Early Venture Stages: Advice That Shouldn’t Be Ignored, 54 Bus. Horizons 143 (2011).
Abstract (from author):
Entrepreneurs appear to make decisions based on concrete, but frequently inappropriate, factors such as comparison of bottom-line dollar value or relatively small fees; in this scenario, short-term decisions are made that do not take into account intricate legal and strategic implications which may arise down the road. The authors suggest a different approach whereby entrepreneurs take the time to learn about and understand the implications of these decisions on long-term sustainability, liability protection, and growth potential. They discuss how using cost to compare and make decisions has an impact on three issues with legal implications that occur early in the start-up process, and which pose major implications for the entrepreneur if he or she does not deal with them properly. The authors propose some solutions to help prevent this from happening.
Symposium, Business Lawyering and Value Creation For Clients, 74 Or. L. Rev. 1 (1995).
Online Resources
Entrepreneur.com, Money,
http://www.entrepreneur.com/money/index.html
Entreweb.org, Finance, Banking and Investment,
http://www.enterweb.org/finance.htm
James Morphy, Congress Passes the “Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act”, The Harvard Law School Forum on corporate Governance and financial Regulation (March 29, 2012), http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov/2012/03/29/congress-passes-the-jumpstart-our-business-startups-act/.
Netpreneur.org, Funding & Finance,
http://netpreneur.org/funding/Resources/Entreneurship_and_Startups.html
Other Materials
Gregory Smith, Editor and Co-Author, Start-Up & Emerging Companies: Planning, Financing and Operating the Successful Business, With Forms on Disk (1997).
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