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05 Nov
Start Smart Seminars for Entrepreneurs
Event Type

Trainings & Workshops

Topic

Research, Innovation, Governance, Technology

Target Audience

Undergraduate Students, Faculty, Graduate Students

Website

https://go.innovation.pitt.edu/start-...

University Unit
Innovation Institute
Hashtag

#pittinnovates

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Start Smart Seminars for Entrepreneurs

This is a past event.

Start Smart is a series of legal education seminars for entrepreneurs.  It is year-round, free, and open to the public.  It is hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Law School,  CMU Project Olympus, and Pitt's Big Idea Center for Student Innovation.
 

Thursday, Oct 1
5- 6:30 p.m.

START SMART LAW: HOW TO STRUCTURE YOUR CAPITAL RAISE - Part I - The Fundamentals.   Learn about the legal issues associated with raising capital through Friends and Family, Seed Funding and Series A rounds. This session is a prerequisite to understanding and participating in Part 2.

- Structuring investments to maximize growth

- Funding from incubators/accelerators, angels, venture capitalists and strategic investors.

 

Thursday, Oct 22
5-6:30 p.m.

START SMART LAW: How to Structure your Capital Raise – Part 2 - Negotiating the Term Sheet

Join us for a fun negotiation exercise in which you’ll play the role of startup or investor. We’ll begin the evening with a quick overview of the legal issues associated with investing in startups building from Part I on” How to Structure Your Capital Raise.” We’ll then divide into investor and startup groups, who will meet separately with lawyers to decide on the terms they want. We’ll end the evening with a negotiation led by two of Pittsburgh’s top startup and investor lawyers.

 

START SMART LAW: HOW TO FORM YOUR STARTUP COMPANY

Thursday, Nov 5
5-7 p.m.

Learn the basic legal issues involved with new company formation, including choice of entity (LLC, C-corp, Benefit Corporation and Company alternatives), founder agreements, splitting equity and employee vesting. We’ll start the evening by hearing from lawyers and a startup who will share their experiences forming startup companies. You’ll then have a chance to work with law students to design a “legal roadmap” that will recommend the best entity option for your startup – all under the supervision of experienced startup lawyers!   This workshop fills up quickly, so if you want to work with a law student, please send a description to sad111@pitt.edu by Friday October 30.

Dial-In Information

Please register to receive Zoom instructions. 

Thursday, November 5 at 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Virtual Event

Start Smart Seminars for Entrepreneurs

Start Smart is a series of legal education seminars for entrepreneurs.  It is year-round, free, and open to the public.  It is hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Law School,  CMU Project Olympus, and Pitt's Big Idea Center for Student Innovation.
 

Thursday, Oct 1
5- 6:30 p.m.

START SMART LAW: HOW TO STRUCTURE YOUR CAPITAL RAISE - Part I - The Fundamentals.   Learn about the legal issues associated with raising capital through Friends and Family, Seed Funding and Series A rounds. This session is a prerequisite to understanding and participating in Part 2.

- Structuring investments to maximize growth

- Funding from incubators/accelerators, angels, venture capitalists and strategic investors.

 

Thursday, Oct 22
5-6:30 p.m.

START SMART LAW: How to Structure your Capital Raise – Part 2 - Negotiating the Term Sheet

Join us for a fun negotiation exercise in which you’ll play the role of startup or investor. We’ll begin the evening with a quick overview of the legal issues associated with investing in startups building from Part I on” How to Structure Your Capital Raise.” We’ll then divide into investor and startup groups, who will meet separately with lawyers to decide on the terms they want. We’ll end the evening with a negotiation led by two of Pittsburgh’s top startup and investor lawyers.

 

START SMART LAW: HOW TO FORM YOUR STARTUP COMPANY

Thursday, Nov 5
5-7 p.m.

Learn the basic legal issues involved with new company formation, including choice of entity (LLC, C-corp, Benefit Corporation and Company alternatives), founder agreements, splitting equity and employee vesting. We’ll start the evening by hearing from lawyers and a startup who will share their experiences forming startup companies. You’ll then have a chance to work with law students to design a “legal roadmap” that will recommend the best entity option for your startup – all under the supervision of experienced startup lawyers!   This workshop fills up quickly, so if you want to work with a law student, please send a description to sad111@pitt.edu by Friday October 30.

Dial-In Information

Please register to receive Zoom instructions. 

Thursday, November 5 at 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Virtual Event

University Unit
Innovation Institute
Hashtag

#pittinnovates

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