Five-minute general counsel: how to structure a board meeting

By Rick Colosimo / November 22, 2010 / Comments Off on Five-minute general counsel: how to structure a board meeting

Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures wrote about his board meeting and ugly travel schedule some time ago. It’s refreshing to hear him talk about being excited to go to board meetings. I’ve sat in too many where a VC (even a monster big-name guy) ended up talking about the format of financials being presented…

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Great lawyers don't sell forms

By Rick Colosimo / November 17, 2010 / Comments Off on Great lawyers don't sell forms

Here’s a LinkedIn question about LLC operating agreements. The poster wonders whether the operating agreement he received from the entity formation company is a little “generic” and asks the forum for specific advice about what should be included. The answers point to some provisions that should be included (division of gains and losses, breakup/buyout/dissolution schemes,…

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Happy Veterans' Day

By Rick Colosimo / November 11, 2010 / Comments Off on Happy Veterans' Day

Today is a day I treat much like Memorial Day, with the difference that I’m not uncomfortable about receiving greetings today. (Memorial Day is for fallen servicemembers; I’m not in that category nor have I been in harm’s way. Many others have; think of them today.

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Five-minute general counsel: what nonprofits want

By Rick Colosimo / October 15, 2010 / Comments Off on Five-minute general counsel: what nonprofits want

Nancy Lublin’s column in Fast Company is always interesting, even moreso when I disagree with her. A column from February, “We Really Need to Talk,” (oddly renamed on the web as “Foundations’ Four Biggest Faux Pas”) is a little list of four points she’d make to foundations. To me, they boil down to versions of…

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