ScaleUp Speaker Series Austin Spring 2024 - All Sessions

You’re incorporated, now what? Morrison Foerster, in partnership with Bridge Bank, is offering its ScaleUp Speaker Series in Austin, a complimentary nine-part series that provides a legal roadmap for entrepreneurs aiming to scale up their companies. This weekly Wednesday seminar will arm you with the knowledge needed to manage the legal aspects of launching, funding, and growing a startup, as well as insights to help you avoid common mistakes. 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:

• Protecting Your IP - April 3, 2024 - 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.

• Raising Angel Investment (including Convertible Note Financing) - April 10, 2024 - 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. 

• Raising Venture Capital Investment (Deal Terms and Structures) - April 17, 2024 - Learn the basic concepts, structures, and math behind venture capital investments, including capital structures, term sheets, and capitalization and liquidation models.  

• Venture Debt 101 - April 24, 2024 - Learn how venture debt differs from other types of loans, as well as the potential benefits, ideal timing to raise, key considerations, and potential pitfalls.

• Most Common Legal Mistakes of Startup Entrepreneurs - May 1, 2024 - Learn key mistakes, their impact on startups, and how to avoid them in the first place.

• Startup Equity Incentives - May 8, 2024 - 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).

• Technology Transactions - May 15, 2024 - Learn about the legal and commercial issues that can arise in connection with the acquisition, development, adoption, and commercialization of new technologies and IP assets.

• Selling Your Startup and the Road to a Successful IPO - May 22, 2024 - 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.

• Open Forum Recap - May 29, 2024 - Join our interactive open forum where you can ask startup expert attorneys questions on topics raised during earlier sessions or startup legal questions generally.

Parking:

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