Content for Innovators

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, innovators have been volunteering their creativity to come up with ingenious new ways of combatting the spread of the disease. And top of the list of potential tech-based solutions is 3D printing. Long heralded as a cheaper, faster, and more accessible means of production, 3D printing offers a potential...

What happens when you cross your curiosity with our openness and transparency? An insightful little interview with one of our team members, that’s what. Ok, Liz Austermuehle, let’s pretend for everyone at home that I don’t know you. This is literally, honestly the first time we’ve met. Please introduce yourself. I’m a litigator and a new member...

To quote the sociologist Raymond Williams, “culture is ordinary.” At least, it is for us (we love it!) But in extraordinary times, culture does extraordinary things. Like shifting itself online during the lockdown. While online art galleries and concerts are nothing new, the choice, scale, and quality of what’s on offer currently is. With some of...

Stairway To Hearings There’s a lawyer who’s sure all that glitters is (in fact) old…. And he’s buying another listen to what could be the longest running track in Led Zeppelin’s entire back catalogue. Namely, the “Stairway To Heaven” copyright saga.     Now well into its third encore in the courts, the rock legends were originally sued...

An interview with BMX supremo, genuine YouTube sensation and the guy we wish we were as cool as, Nigel Sylvester If you don’t know who Nigel Sylvester is, you’re about to get a lot cooler. So, nod knowingly and we’ll have you up to speed in no time.   The human embodiment of a fire emoji (that’s cool, right?), Nigel first made his name with...

In lieu of photographs of mouth-watering haute cuisine or top-down Instagram friendly snaps of our lunch, we thought you might enjoy something a little more relatable, but no less beautiful: canned food! Yep, it turns out that canned food is actually pretty delicious. Well, if not physically, then at least visually. In particular, sardine cans....

As a self-identifying bibliophile and well-seasoned introvert, quarantine has offered a rare opportunity to make a serious dent in my growing stack of unread books. Here is a short offering of suggested reading for isolation. I also recommend contacting your local bookstore to see if they are still accepting online orders and purchasing any new...

For founders, fundraising is one of the most exhausting and confusing jobs.  And although there’s many ways to finance a company, most startups today will consider one of two options:  a priced round or a non-priced round.  A priced round is a true equity round where the Company and its investors agree on a price per share, and a transaction...

A question most founders will face is whether to set aside a percentage of their company’s stock to be reserved for employees. An employee option pool (also known as an equity pool or an incentive pool) is the number of shares a private company reserves from which it can grant stock options or restricted stock to award to its employees.  Although...

At the beginning of this year, California became the most prominent state to pass a comprehensive consumer privacy law known as the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). The CCPA imposes new obligations on qualified businesses, such as creating and updating privacy notices on websites and giving consumers access, deletion, and opt-out...