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Why a Delaware C Corporation for Start-ups

By Dwight YellenRaising Money, Start ups, Your business

When we looked at starting our company, especially those planning on raising money, there was a smorgasbord of types of companies available. https://dwightyellen.com/summary-of-entity-forms/ But the requirement for every VC fund,…

January 24, 2019

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Brave New World or TEOTWAWKI — CRISPR Babies on the Way

By Dwight YellenIntellectual Property, News

I know I usually write on topics of interest to small business. But this is important. AP reported: “A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies...

November 26, 2018

Big and small – 2 important news items

By Dwight YellenNews, Social Media, Start ups

Even the network news carried the announcement that Amazon split its proposed second headquarter (the techies call it called HQ2 ) between New York (Long Island City) and Washington DC...

November 13, 2018

CURE FOR CANCER (SORRY DENIS LEARY)

By Dwight YellenIntellectual Property, News, Start ups

Using the patient's own immune system shows real promise in treating cancer. Genentech and BioNTech are longtime players in this field. The time to create the approach is shortening and other producers are...

October 18, 2018

Family Leave (watch out small businesses and start ups)

By Dwight YellenLabor Law, Start ups, Your business

This is a memo I perepared for a client. The names have been changed. Chidatma Law Group To: John Appleseed From: Dwight Yellen CC: None Date: September 28, 2018 Re:...

October 5, 2018

WATCH YOUR TWEETS – THEY CAN BITE YOU

By Dwight YellenNews, Social Media, Start ups

Notwithstanding our commander in chief's love of tweeting all things at all hours of the day and night, small business and growing business owners should be careful, very careful. The SEC expressed its unhappiness with Elon Musk's...

September 28, 2018

Bill Gates puts his money where his mouth is

By Dwight YellenNews, Raising Money, Start ups

A geothermal company secured funding from Bill Gates' energy venture fund. The goal is to convert the heat of the earth to energy. This would avoid the on-and-off problems with wind and solar...

September 27, 2018

START UPS DON’T GET CAUGHT IN THIS TRAP

By Dwight YellenSocial Media, Start ups, Your business

Startups and growing businesses. Make sure you vet your bona fides with Facebook and other social media. Facebook is finally making progress in its fight against fake news. #fakenews #startups #facebook #webetru...

September 17, 2018

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4 REASONS YOUR STARTUP SHOULD CHOOSE ITS NAME CAREFULLY

By Dwight YellenIntellectual Property, Start ups, Your business

4 REASONS YOUR STARTUP SHOULD CHOOSE ITS NAME CAREFULLY (OR WHEN IS A NAME MORE THAN JUST A NAME) True story. Two funders choose a name for their company...

September 13, 2018

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Bankruptcy Basics for a Growing Business — Part II

By Dwight YellenBankruptcy, Your business

In part one we discussed how a bankruptcy gets started and what it looks like. In part two we take a look see at some bankruptcy tricks and how a...

August 18, 2018

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