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		<title>Equity Crowdfunding &#8211; Doing it Right (for discussion)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Equity Crowfunding &#8211; the selling of shares in new ventures to the general public &#8211; can give entrepreneurs access to a vast resource of new capital. While this will stimulate the creation of more companies and jobs, not everyone thinks that this is a good idea. Securities regulators are worried about investors losing out due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Business Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thinking about starting a business? Why? Can you explain what the business opportunity is and how you will make money? I hear hundreds of pitches every year from budding entrepreneurs. Their main challenge is making the business case.
The reason for making the business case is to, first and foremost, convince yourself and others that it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capital Prohibitions and Crowdfunding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[access to capital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Securities regulations severely limit access to capital for start-up ventures. The average citizen is precluded from investing because of these regulations. The government's goal of protecting investors is achieved by preventing them from investing! What can be done to give companies better access to capital and better protect investors?]]></description>
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		<title>Musings from the Consumer Electronics Show</title>
		<link>http://mikevolker.com/musings-from-the-consumer-electronics-show/</link>
		<comments>http://mikevolker.com/musings-from-the-consumer-electronics-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[oled]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, I made my annual pilgrimage to the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show &#38; Conference in Las Vegas (CES) &#8211; an annual event that I&#8217;ve been coming to for many years (actually, I came to the first COMDEX in 1979 as an exhibitor and when it disappeared in 2003, I started attended the CES [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of a Shareholders Agreement</title>
		<link>http://mikevolker.com/the-importance-of-a-shareholders-agreement/</link>
		<comments>http://mikevolker.com/the-importance-of-a-shareholders-agreement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business Basics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buy sell agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sample shareholders agreement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[shareholder rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shareholder Agreements are important because they define how a company will be governed. They are especially important when one shareholder or a group of shareholders controls the company by having more than 50% of the votes. A shareholders agreement gives minority shareholders certain rights.]]></description>
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		<title>Business Basics &#8211; Negotiating a Term Sheet</title>
		<link>http://mikevolker.com/business-basics-negotiating-a-term-sheet/</link>
		<comments>http://mikevolker.com/business-basics-negotiating-a-term-sheet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;Term Sheet&#8221; is a document that summarizes the terms of an investment. It&#8217;s usually proposed by the investor(s) and spells out what they want in order to proceed with an investment. I&#8217;m not sure why it&#8217;s not called a &#8220;Terms Sheet&#8221; since there are many terms in it. Perhaps that came about because the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shares vs Stock Options</title>
		<link>http://mikevolker.com/shares-vs-stock-options/</link>
		<comments>http://mikevolker.com/shares-vs-stock-options/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 20:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Commercialization & Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equity-based compensation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article discusses the tax issues around issuing shares vs granting options to employees of both public and private Canadian companies. There are major tax implications that are unknown to most people - including the politicians who are trying to encourage entrepreneurship.]]></description>
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		<title>The Valuation Question</title>
		<link>http://mikevolker.com/the-valuation-question/</link>
		<comments>http://mikevolker.com/the-valuation-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s my baby worth? Figuring that out is the biggest challenge entrepreneurs face when attracting investors. Many negotiations break down over this issue. The good news is that there are contractual mechanisms that can be used to resolve any disparities.
This article is written mainly from the perspective of a new company raising its initial capital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Canada Innovative</title>
		<link>http://mikevolker.com/making-canada-innovative/</link>
		<comments>http://mikevolker.com/making-canada-innovative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commercialization & Innovation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mikevolker.com/?p=355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Innovation is a popular subject these days. It was raised by Obama in his State of the Union address as a major challenge for Americans. Here, in Canada, many think tanks, committees, interest groups, etc are rallying to the call for more Innovation.
Some of the issues: why don&#8217;t we have more RIM-like companies? Why do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Basics &#8211; Introduction</title>
		<link>http://mikevolker.com/business-basics-introduction/</link>
		<comments>http://mikevolker.com/business-basics-introduction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mikevolker.com/?p=376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, I&#8217;ve written a number of articles to assist entrepreneurs, especially tech entrepreneurs, with an understanding of business matters. On the Simon Fraser University Website, much of this can be found at www.sfu.ca/~mvolker/biz.  These articles are in the process of being updated, with new ones added, and will gradually start showing up on [...]]]></description>
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