On September 11, 2023, a district court judge in the Eastern District of Washington entered an order dismissing a lawsuit brought by a conservative advocacy group, which challenged Starbucks’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies. The advocacy group owns 56 shares of Starbucks stock and brought the lawsuit as a shareholder derivative action — a […]
Interview with David Rubinstein, President of Opti Tell Us About Your Journey It’s been a great journey. My career, I was probably one of the early founders of a high tech company or a startup back in 1985. And it’s been riding the technology transformation waves ever since. Early parts of my career was all […]
Interview with Eric Graham, CEO of CrowdComfort Tell Us About Your Journey I’ve been an entrepreneur at heart my entire life. Prior to CrowdComfort, I’d been in the building energy technology space. So having spent about a decade in building energy technologies, I thought the idea for CrowdComfort of tapping into people and smartphones to […]
A company’s brand encompasses both tangible and intangible elements that represent how a company is perceived by its customers. It is how it sets itself apart from its competitors. Effective branding can result in strong customer recognition of a company’s trademark. However, from time-to-time companies may decide to change their “brand identity” for strategic marketing […]
As part of discussions about a possible financing or acquisition transaction, the parties will normally want to “perform due diligence.” This refers to the investigation of a company’s assets, liabilities, and business operations so that a prospective investor or acquiror has a better understanding of the potential advantages and disadvantages of the transaction. From the […]
The cannabis industry has gained such broad acceptance over recent years that it’s hard to remember that recreational cannabis was not legal in any US state until 2012, when ballot measures were approved in Colorado and Washington. Today, recreational cannabis is legal in 23 states and medical cannabis is legal in 38. The cannabis M&A […]
Hi, I’m Blair Heavey. I’m principal of Heavey Advisors. We help, advise, be on the board, and then invest in start-ups. Tell Us About Your Journey My journey started with big companies, primarily Hewlett-Packard. Had a great time there, and was the youngest VP in that group. And then I decided that one of my […]
My name is Jean Hammond. I’m the co-founder and general partner at LearnLaunch Fund Plus Accelerator. We work with Ed-Tech companies and workforce upscaling companies to build a better future. Tell Us About Your Journey I started as a tech entrepreneur. I got to be a tech entrepreneur after business school, going to Edinburgh, Scotland […]
Hi, I’m Anton Khinchuk and I’m an IT Professional with twenty-five years of experience. Tell Us About Your Journey I’ve been in IT for about twenty-five years. What I do is build teams to build some sort of technology that solves some sort of problem. Along the way, I encountered a personal problem, and that […]
We are living through another technological revolution with generative artificial intelligence (GAI) programs like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, and Microsoft’s Bing Chat (powered by GPT-4) at the center. In moments like these, early-stage entrepreneurs should be extremely cognizant of the value and pitfalls of these kinds of technologies. While there are GAI related products and […]
Hey, everybody, I’m Brett Reed. I’m the executive vice president of Partnerships at Mirah, a Boston based behavioral health technology company that helps behavioral health clinicians improve outcomes. Tell Us About Your Journey My journey as an entrepreneur is an accidental one, really. I was a retail operations executive living in Miami, Florida. I was […]
Unlike patents or copyrights, trademarks do not have fixed expiration dates. Instead, trademarks could last indefinitely as long as they continue to be used in commerce. If the mark is also registered with a government agency, it can be renewed again and again if certain maintenance documents and fees are filed. In the United States, […]
Mojaloop Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization, maintaining its free, open source software, Mojaloop, and community as public goods in service of financial inclusion. Paula Hunter has served as an officer and board member of global industry associations. She provides executive oversight and management of international trade associations.
Hi, my name is Alden Zecha, I’m a Managing Director with SideCar Angels, a local angel investment group. Tell Us About Your Journey My journey has been pretty diverse, it’s very non-traditional. I came out of University/College with my education and started working in a corporate American R&D lab, actually at a work bench mixing […]
Many companies are facing hard decisions as financial challenges continue and the fear of recession lingers.