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Public Or Private Venture Capital?, Darian M. Ibrahim
Public Or Private Venture Capital?, Darian M. Ibrahim
Popular Media
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Crowdfunding Signals, Darian M. Ibrahim
Crowdfunding Without The Crowd, Darian M. Ibrahim
Crowdfunding Without The Crowd, Darian M. Ibrahim
Faculty Publications
The final crowdfunding rules took three years for the Securites and Exchange Commission to pass, but crowdfunding—the offering of securities over the Internet—is now a reality. But now that crowdfunding is legal, will it be successful? Will crowdfunding be a regular means by which new companies raise money, or will it be relegated to a wasteland of the worst startups and foolish investors? This Article argues that crowdfunding has a greater chance of success if regulators abandon the idea that the practice does (and should) employ “crowd-based wisdom.” Instead, I argue that crowdfunding needs intermediation by experts that mirrors the …
Intrapreneurship, Darian M. Ibrahim
Intrapreneurship, Darian M. Ibrahim
Faculty Publications
This Article on “intrapreneurship” has several goals. First, it points out that while much of the legal literature on innovation is concerned with startups (entrepreneurship), the innovation that takes place inside our largest corporations (intrapreneurship) is substantial, important, and understudied. Second, the Article observes that while large technology corporations that used to be startups may remain intrapreneurial in culture, intrapreneurship is less common in the aggregate than we might expect. Reasons include organizational bureaucracy, laws favoring entrepreneurship, and what Clayton Christensen (Harvard Business School) calls “the innovator’s dilemma.” The innovator’s dilemma is, put simply, that good management causes large corporations …
Crowdfunding Without The Crowd, Darian M. Ibrahim
Equity Crowdfunding: A Market For Lemons?, Darian M. Ibrahim
Equity Crowdfunding: A Market For Lemons?, Darian M. Ibrahim
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Delaware’S Familiarity, Brian J. Broughman, Darian M. Ibrahim
Delaware’S Familiarity, Brian J. Broughman, Darian M. Ibrahim
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Up Close And Personal With Delaware, Darian M. Ibrahim, Brian J. Broughman
Up Close And Personal With Delaware, Darian M. Ibrahim, Brian J. Broughman
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How Do Start-Ups Obtain Their Legal Services?, Darian M. Ibrahim
How Do Start-Ups Obtain Their Legal Services?, Darian M. Ibrahim
Faculty Publications
This Essay is the first to examine, using responses to online surveys, the use of in-house versus outside counsel by rapid-growth start-up companies. It also explores, from the vantage point of the start-up’s entrepreneur, some reasons for that choice. The Essay tests several hypotheses derived from the economic and entrepreneurship literatures about the benefits of in-house versus outside counsel in the unique context of start-up firms.
The New Exit In Venture Capital, Darian M. Ibrahim
The New Exit In Venture Capital, Darian M. Ibrahim
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Start-Up Costs, Section 195 And Clear Reflection Of Income: A Tale Of Talismans, Tacked-On Tax Reform And A Touch Of Basics, John W. Lee
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