If so, you'll want to attend this session being run by my friends Suzi Dingwall-Williams and Naomi Morisawa de Koeven. By giving entrepreneurs the information they need up front, Suzi and company hope it will cost them less to do the legals in later rounds.
Venture Law Line presents Friends, Family and Angels: How to Prepare and Close the Deal (and keep them happy)
A soup-to-nuts review of running a friends, family and angel financing
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
7:30 – 9:30 am.
First Canadian Place – Event Gallery
Main Floor, Yonge and Bay Street
Toronto
Course Overview:
In this 90 minute breakfast session, the team from Venture Law Line will take you through how to structure, paper and complete an investment from your friends, family and angels. We'll teach you the principles for valuing an investment and how to structure, paper and close the deal. The course will also cover special issues (receiving investments from US relatives, deal "sweeteners", RRSP eligibility). We’ll also talk you through the first 90 days after the deal is closed – how to avoid common problems in managing your investors and employees and protecting your assets. Some angels and founders will be on hand to add their views, too.
You'll leave with a CD of handy reference materials and model documents.
To register, email www.venturelawassociates.com to request a registration form.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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