The summer is over and we are hitting the ground running

This is a great time of year in the Silicon Valley. The VCs will soon return from their summers in Europe and startup founders will be back from burning man. Q4 is always a busy time of year and it is looking like this year will be no exception.

Some updates:

The SEC has been making new rules for fund managers. In the latest big development, the SEC last week adopted controversial new rules that will substantially alter the reporting, disclosure, recordkeeping, and other obligations of advisers of private funds. You can read more about it here.

The SEC also continues to go after crypto, with mixed success. After the Ripple XRT loss, it recently won on a similar issue and settled a case alleging that sales of nonfungible tokens violated securities laws.

Curious about how to flip your non-US company into a Delaware corporation? How about tax aspects of SAFEs and convertibles? I sat down with VC Andrew Romans recently to discuss these and other issues.

Tune into the 10,000 Startups Podcast for practical startup legal advice. Last week I spoke with Tom Moore, a Palo Alto Haynes and Boone litigator, about how and why you should avoid costly startup disputes or, as Tom calls it, strategies for startup failure.

I also spoke with Phil Albert, San Francisco partner at Haynes and Boone, about patents and intellectual property in the startup context.

Finally, congratulations to my long time clients at Tao Digital (IT Services and Solutions ) on their recent acquisitions and international expansion.

Upcoming events:

We will be at the Commercial UAV Expo in Last Vegas on Sept 5 7. I hope I see you there.

Join me for a virtual presentation in Advanced Topics in Startup Law for the Alameda County Bar Association on September 25.

I will also be joining a panel on September 25 on venture capital deals for the Santa Clara County Bar Association.

We (along with OpenAI, Stanford, PlugnPlay, Rocketspace and others) will be participating in the Silicon Valley Innovation Tour this month hosting an international delegation of fintech executives. More later about that.

We are also a sponsor for the upcoming Latino Startup Alliance event at Shack15 during TechCrunch Disrupt in September. I have been a big fan of the LSA since its inception ten or so years ago.

If you like corporate venture capital, you will like the 3rd Corporate, Government and Impact Funding Summit co hosted by the California Governor's Office of Economic Development and Consulate General of India on September 22 in San Francisco. We will be sponsoring and speaking.

Past (recorded) events:

In case you missed it, you can see the recording of our recent online events.

Tom Moore - startup litigation and how to avoid it

Phil Albert - patents and intellectual property

My interview on The Cyber Show with Angel to Exit

Startup Law Basics (for entrepreneurs) on LinkedIn

Interview on August 7 on the? How2exit M&A podcast (ranked in the top 10 in the world in 2022 by Feedspot and bcast)

And of course my conversation with well known Silicon Valley (and now Austin TX) VC Andrew Romans on inbound flips and SAFEs.