Two days ago, I lamented about how much of a pain LLCs can be for investors. The comments were lively. Many people pointed out the “double taxation” issue involved with C corporations. C Corporations pay taxes and then when money is removed from the corporation to the investors or founders, another round of taxes is …
Silicon Flatirons and the University of Colorado are presenting Entrepreneurship Week during the week of April 13th. Here are some events happening that week. More details and registration links for the events below are here. Monday, 4/13 Starting Companies at CU: Technology Entrepreneurship Luncheon 11:30am – 2:00pm, University Memorial Center CU Tech Transfer and the …
It seems like every year I see more and more companies that are trying to raise money and are structured as LLCs. It feels like lawyers across the country are recommending an LLC structure for early stage startups. But they’re not asking one important question: “Are you planning on raising professional investment?” If there were, …
The 21st Annual Colorado Capital Conference is looking for companies that would like to present to angel investors in Denver on May 12. To become a presenting company, you must be seeking either angel or VC funding to grow your business. The conference will select up to eight companies seeking angel financing and up to …
Slowly, quietly, but surely Alex Muse and I have been building a startup blog network called SpringStage. We’ve been in a live beta for about 3 months now. We have about 35 blogs on the network at this point and, like this one, they’re all focused on their local geography. With a little prodding from …
The application deadline for Techstars is this Saturday, March 21. The program is running in Boulder as always, and we’re added a Boston program this summer as well. That’s twice the opportunity for early stage startups to get this intensive mentorship opportunity. We’re taking about ten companies in both cities, for a total of about …