In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - Week of September 10, 2017
- 9.15.2017
Some interesting links we found across the web this week:
How Pro Rata Works in Venture Capital Deals
VC’s suffer from FOMO just like the rest of us. TechCrunch explores how investors use pro rata rights to keep a foot in the
door for the next round.
How Convertible Notes Drive Founders Away From Emerging Ecosystems
Convertible notes (and SAFEs) let founders and funders kick
the can down the road in terms of valuing an early stage , but VentureBeat argues unpriced are also kicking out of smaller
markets and incentivizing them to move to places like the Silicon Valley or
NYC.
US Banking Regulator Not Ready for Fintech Charter
Applications
You down with OCC? FinTech’s might not be—at least when it
comes to the proposed FinTech . Reuters and US News discuss
the difficulty the OCC is facing in creating special banking for
FinTech companies looking to disrupt traditional banking.
The New Path to Starting a Hardware Startup: Lessons Learned
From a Crowdfunding Approach
Hardware has always been harder, but new technologies and
has made getting a hardware off the ground easier than
ever. Forbes discovers how Kickstarter and similar platforms have
altered the path taken by many early stage hardware innovators.
Young Troublemakers Who Rise (and Fall) as Entrepreneurs
Moving fast and breaking things doesn’t mean the law (or
standards of human decency). The New York Times looks at those former
high-flying CEOs whose propensity for disruption have landed them in
trouble with their boards and even the legal system.
Links compiled by Bill Warren.
