If you export products for sale of any type and don’t know what an IC-DISC (or simply a DISC) is, or think it’s a round piece of plastic you put in your computer’s drive, then keep reading. Any United States business with qualifying export sales can save a large amount of money with the use of a Interest Charge Domestic International Sales Corporation (referred to hereinafter as a “DISC”). Read more
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Thoughts on the Twitter IPO
Last Thursday September 12, 2013, Twitter, from its official account, tweeted the following:
Series A Participating Preferred Stock and Term Sheet Terms
If your startup just got a term sheet from an investor saying that they want to invest in your company and want to receive participating preferred stock with all of these other rights, you may be a bit overwhelmed. First off, congratulations on the proposed investment. Next, I’ll explain what all of those terms on the term sheet mean in this post starting with the participation component of participating preferred shares. Read more
JOBS Act Broker-Dealer Registration Exemption
The JOBS Act contained many provisions which were aimed at making the capital raising process easier, simpler and quicker from a host of angles. Many things promised in the JOBS Act will not come to fruition until the SEC promulgates the regulations on the specific topic. Some of these are equity crowdfunding, and the ability for issuers to use general solicitation in Rule 506 offerings.
One of the things contained in the JOBS Act which went into effect immediately, was an exemption for broker-dealer registration for persons or entities acting as brokers in certain 506 offerings. The SEC just confirmed this in a recent FAQ available here. I’ll give a quick overview below. Read more
JOBS Act Breakdown – What the New Crowdfunding Law Actually Means for Startups
This is a follow up to my last post regarding the concept of crowdfunding in general and the progress of the JOBS Act through Congress (full name – Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act). Since then, the Senate revised and passed the JOBS Act in a 73 to 26 vote. The House then, voting on the amendments made by the Senate, passed it by a vote of 380 to 41. This is something that both parties agree on, and were eager to work together to implement. Josh Earnest, the White House Deputy Press Secretary, stated that President Obama will sign the JOBS Act into law this Thursday, with a bipartisan public announcement. The President and Eric Cantor, one of the champions of the JOBS Act, will appear together for the signing of the bill into law.
This post will detail the provisions of the JOBS Act and how they will affect companies going forward. The JOBS Act can be found here if you’d like to take a read. After it is signed into law, the SEC has 270 days to promulgate regulations. Expect the SEC to claim that they need more time, as the JOBS Act is a monumental change, and there are various consumer (i.e. the new investor) protections required, especially to prevent fraud which, unfortunately, could run rampant if left unchecked. Hopefully Congress can put enough pressure on the SEC to get the regulations complete in the actual 270 day time period, and the regulations will actually have some teeth with respect to fraud without stifling startup’s ability to raise money.