ScaleUp Speaker Series Austin Fall 2023

Morrison Foerster is offering its ScaleUp Speaker Series in Austin, a complimentary nine-part series on the legal side of founding a startup. This weekly Wednesday seminar will arm you with the knowledge needed to manage the legal aspects of launching, funding, and growing a startup, with insights to avoid common mistakes that can have serious consequences down the road. Lunch and parking will be provided.

We invite you to register for any and all of the sessions that interest you by clicking on the registration links embedded in the topic titles:

1. Incorporating a Startup - September 6, 2023 - Learn key differences between types of legal entities and how they impact the ability to raise capital, build a workforce and achieve a successful company exit.
2. Intellectual Property Basics - September 13, 2023 - Learn the basics of the different types of IP, how they add value to your startup, and missteps to avoid that may prevent you from protecting your IP.
3. Raising Angel Investment (including Convertible Note Financing) - September 20, 2023 - Learn the most common angel investment structures and practices in seed stage investing (including debt, equity and hybrid approaches) and an introduction to the preferred stock terms that form the basis of venture capital investments. 
4. Raising Venture Capital Investment (Deal Terms and Structures) - September 27, 2023 - Learn the basic concepts, structures, and math behind venture capital investments, including capital structures, term sheets, and capitalization and liquidation models.  
5. Most Common Legal Mistakes of Startup Entrepreneurs - October 4, 2023 - Learn key mistakes, their impact on startups, and how to avoid them in the first place.
6. Startup Equity Incentives - October 11, 2023 - Learn the basics of customary equity incentives and how they are used to attract and retain top talent in a competitive market. We will discuss founder vesting, restricted stock, and stock options (including ISOs and NSOs).
   
   PITCH DAY - October 18, 2023 (No ScaleUp session) - Save the date for Morrison Foerster's Pitch Day, where select technology companies will have the opportunity to pitch to a panel of Austin-based venture capitalists. More details to come.
7. Follow-On Venture Financing Complexities - October 25, 2023 - Learn how startups and investors manage down rounds, recapitalizations, pay-to-play financings, and other complexities that arise only in the second and subsequent rounds of financing.
8. Planning Your Exit - November 1, 2023 - Learn the differences among acquisition structures, fundamental merger and acquisition (M&A) terms, and an overview of definitive M&A agreements and processes, as well as the steps necessary when considering an IPO, including the process and timing, and life as a U.S. public company.
9. Special Event - November 8, 2023 - Details for this session coming soon.

Parking:

Parking is included in the 300 Colorado Street garage. Please head to the lobby where security will direct you to the presentation room.