You know my practice better than LinkedIn

By Rick Colosimo / October 8, 2013 / Comments Off on You know my practice better than LinkedIn

This article on how to correct and even improve LinkedIn endorsements (not the recommendations, which are far and few between, making them almost certainly more valuable, IMHO) caught my attention this morning. A commenter bemoaned that LinkedIn kept trying to have folks endorse him for “commodity,” which didn’t work while “commodities” might have.  I assume…

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A path to better drafting

By Rick Colosimo / September 11, 2013 / Comments Off on A path to better drafting

This post by Ken Adams on improvements to the Series Seed documents (Github versions) triggered a lengthy response from me. It’s no secret that I’ve been fond of the project since its earliest days (see this post on the “simple Series A” and this one on “check the box forms,” my idea from around 2001…

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No Chairman under Delaware law

By Rick Colosimo / August 12, 2013 / Comments Off on No Chairman under Delaware law

I have seen a number of articles recently talking about splitting the CEO and chairman roles. Here’s one about JPMorgan. Everyone still seems so up in arms about this issue. I would have thought someone would have done a little digging. Here’s my take: All directors have equal power and equal responsibilities. There is no…

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There are no legal issues

By Rick Colosimo / August 6, 2013 / Comments Off on There are no legal issues

This Lifehacker post attempts to answer the question of how someone should handle befuddling legal documents, like terms of service, leases, car rental contracts, and so on. The easy answer is in the article: of course you should read everything. The problem is that that’s not what lawyers actually say and do because it’s advice…

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