• Brady Weller, QSBS Rollovers
    Dec 23 2024

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    Brady leads investor/partner relations for more than 2,500 individual Vint clients and partners though Vint's retail division and capital markets team. Previously, Brady has held client-facing roles related to stakeholder engagement, consumer credit, and direct sales. He was a Don Lavoie Fellow in Political Economies at the Mercatus Center, George Mason and is a graduate of Loyola University Maryland with a degree in rhetorical studies and philosophy.

    Experience working directly with HNW clients, C-suite, and advisors. Internal Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) and IRC Sections 1202 and 1045 SME.

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    25 mins
  • SimpleClosure, Shutting down a company
    Dec 16 2024

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    Nine out of ten startups that raise capital will shut down, but no one wants to deal with the process. Information and simplicity are the most critical when a founder finds themselves in a difficult situation and needs as much support as possible.

    SimpleClosure helps startups shut down with software that can automate the process, saving hundreds of hours of work and tens of thousands of dollars.

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    22 mins
  • Zach Prince, Government Contracts
    Dec 9 2024

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    ach Prince’s practice encompasses all areas of government contract law. Zach counsels domestic and international clients on a wide range of issues, including compliance with federal and state regulations and statutes, bid protests, contract and subcontract drafting and negotiations, contract changes, claim preparation and disputes, cost allowability and cost accounting standards, price and cost reasonableness, export controls and national security issues, government audits, subcontractor management and disputes, due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, cybersecurity, grants and cooperative agreements, and protecting intellectual property rights when contracting with the government. His clients range from the largest traditional defense contractors, to small businesses, to non-traditional government contractors including commercial technology companies.

    Zach is regularly engaged to support acquisitions. He has conducted diligence relating to Federal, state, and international government contracts, export controls, and national security risks in support of a variety of transactions. Such acquisitions include technology companies, service-providers, electronics manufacturers, and aerospace companies. The size of these deals has ranged from tens to hundreds of millions of dollars and include public companies.

    Zach has experience litigating contract disputes in federal and state courts, before administrative bodies, and in national and international arbitral for a, including before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, the United States Government Accountability Office, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Virginia state courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and D.C. Superior Court.

    Zach served as a law clerk for the Honorable Mary Ellen Coster Williams of the United States Court of Federal Claims. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at the George Washington University Law School and regularly lectures and writes on matters relating to government contracts. He is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Public Contracts Law, and currently serves as a Co-Chair on the Battlespace and Contingency Contracting Committee, and as a Vice-Chair on the Commercial Products and Services Committee and Intellectual Property Committee.

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    24 mins
  • Tony Mancini, CPA selected tax issues for startups
    Dec 5 2024

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    Tony Mancini, CPA and I discuss the state of taxation of tech startups today including defending R&D credits on audit, surprising results of the 174 deduction, net operating loss limitations and the employee tax credit

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    30 mins
  • Securities law compliance - Reg D and private placements
    Nov 30 2024

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    Roger Royse discusses the securities law exemptions that startups most commonly rely on - Rule 506(b) and 506(c)

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  • The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act with Kit Addleman
    Nov 15 2024

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    Powerhouse lawyer Kit Addleman advises public companies, officers and directors, investment advisors, private funds and broker-dealers concerning securities investigations. She has successfully defended clients in civil and criminal investigations and litigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice, advised clients on compliance with securities regulations and conducted internal investigations of suspected securities violations. Kit’s experience serving in four different regional offices over her 20 years in senior management at the SEC allows her to deftly advise clients at Haynes Boone, where she serves as chair of the firm's SEC Enforcement Practice Group and is a prominent member of the Government Enforcement and Investment Management Practice Groups.

    Many of Kit’s biggest successes have involved defending allegations of accounting and financial fraud, insider trading, private funds and investment advisor fraud, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations. Clients note that Kit is “rare in her securities specialty and one of the top enforcement lawyers in that area,” that her “SEC experience is incredibly valuable," and "bringing her in gives us an edge on very complex regulatory issues and the practical business implications," Chambers USA 2020 (Chambers and Partners). Every year since 2016, Kit has been the only lawyer in Texas ranked for Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (Nationwide) by Chambers USA.

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  • Brent Owen: what to do in the case of a data breach
    Nov 4 2024

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    Brent Owen is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s Denver office.

    His practice focuses on high-stakes trial work in both state and federal courts before judges and juries and in arbitration tribunals. Brent’s litigation practice emphasizes energy litigation, complex commercial disputes, construction disputes, and environmental claims. An experienced first-chair trial lawyer, Brent has been retained on the eve of trial to help clients change the dynamic and obtain a favorable result. He also often lectures and writes on evidentiary issues, and is a member of Colorado’s Civil Rules Committee.

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    23 mins
  • Han Shen, venture investing seed to series A
    Oct 28 2024

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    Han’s career in venture capital started in 2009 and has spanned at VantagePoint and Formation 8, where he was the first hire on the investment team. He led and/or contributed to the investment in Motive Drilling (acquired by Helmerich & Payne), Lucid (acquired by Acuity), Comfy (acquired by Siemens), Oculus (acquired by Facebook), Taxon (acquired by DuPont), and AlertMe (acquired by British Gas). Earlier in his career, Han worked for Rohm and Haas Company, the largest US specialty chemical company, where he was credited as key inventor of four US patents.

    Han has served on the board of multiple portfolio companies including BorderX Lab, Sweet a Little, Motive Drilling, and Grabit, and has closely advised entrepreneurs in building a startup from the ground up. He received the title of “Honorary Employee” (with badge #36) from one of his current portfolio companies to recognize the instrumental role he has played.

    Han earned his bachelor’s degree from Nanjing University, Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and MBA from The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. In addition, Han holds a private pilot license issued by the US FAA and was the Dignitary Champion of International Cherry Pit Spitting Competition in 2002.

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    22 mins