Silicon Valley Review S4, Ep5: Rollouts, Cash Burn & NDAs
In this episode, Kevin and Aaron review S4, Ep5: “The Blood Boy” and discuss typical rollouts in Dallas v. Silicon Valley, the importance of low cash burn, how NDAs shouldn’t be the only consideration, and transferring patents.
Silicon Valley Review S4, Ep4: Assigning IP, Vesting Schedules & Spending Investor Money
In this episode, Kevin and Aaron review S4, Ep4: “Team Building Exercise” and discuss assigning intellectual property to the company, contribution agreements v. license agreements, getting sued, typical vesting schedules, and spending controls for investors’ money.
Silicon Valley Review S4, Ep3: Types of Investors, Seed Funding & Collaborative VCs
In this episode, we review S4, Ep3: “Intellectual Property” and discusses the types of investors you will encounter in each stage of raising capital, how realistic a VC’s $200,000 seed investment really is, and the collaborative nature of VCs in Dallas.
Silicon Valley Review S4, Ep2: Cocky CEOs, Ex Co-Founders & Terms of Service
In this episode, we review S4, Ep2: “Terms of Service” and discuss how CEOs should handle the spotlight, navigating relationships with ex co-founders, and terms of service and policy agreements.
Silicon Valley Review S4, Ep1: Recapitalization, Founder’s Syndrome & The Unruly Board Member
In this episode, we review S4, Ep1: “Success Failure” and discuss when you can change company ownership, the importance of product v. growth, board composition, and more.
Silicon Valley Review S3, Ep8: ROFR v. ROFO
The primary conflict in Episode 8 of this season of Silicon Valley stems from Laurie swooping in and buying out Erlich’s shares at a deep discount to market (i.e. the price that Russ was willing to pay).
Silicon Valley Review S3, Ep7: Search For Naysayers
Episode 7 of Silicon Valley is setting up Richard and the Pied Piper team for massive customer rejection. Every beta tester not named Monica is thrilled with the product. Something has to go wrong.
Silicon Valley Review S3, Ep4: Comparing Valuations To Competitors
In this week’s episode, Richard and his team’s dream for Pied Piper is to build out a full platform, instead of just a data storage box. Richard’s conflict with Jack peaks when Hooli acquires Endframe for $250M. In the episode, […]
Silicon Valley Review S3, Ep2: You’ll Get To Revenue When?
I loved Episode 2. Both as a fan of the show and an attorney. I thought the writers did a great job of injecting controversy and strife into the warm and fuzzy relationship between Richard and Jack Barker that Episode […]
Silicon Valley Review S3, Ep1: Are You The Right CEO?
For any attorney who works with a lot of startups, the topics and dialogue in Episode 3.1 rang loud and true. Dealing with board meetings and interpreting governing docs, vesting schedules, and employment agreements is a daily pleasure around VW. […]