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A shareholders agreement is exactly as it sounds—an agreement among a company’s shareholders regarding several aspects of company management and shareholder rights. The shareholders agreement is in addition to the company’s constitutional documents. Shareholders agreements are common because they...

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At the beginning of the 2013 NFL season, fantasy football team owners scrambled in the draft to “own” Arian Foster, the running back for the Houston Texans who was predicted to have a blowout season.  Soon, football fans may...

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What Exactly Are Convertible Notes?

If you have spent any time around bootstrapping startups, you will likely have heard talk about convertible notes (also called bridge financings).  But what exactly are convertible notes and why do startups like them so much? A convertible note...

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Before Facebook went public, you couldn’t go anywhere in the Valley without hearing someone excitedly talking about how big the IPO was going to be.  However, the much-anticipated IPO on May 18 produced share prices much lower than most...

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