VCs: High-Performance Days Ahead?

An historic event occurred on the evening of November 16^th — the Technology Executives Roundtable honored Sig Mosley with the first annual Imlay Leadership Award. The remarkable event capped the outstanding careers of Sig and John Imlay and highlighted their outstanding commitment to the technology community in Atlanta.

In this two-part series, I first presented my introductory remarks about John and Sig. This second blog post includes the key life lessons from Sig and John during their fireside chat.

During the fascinating fireside chat, John and Sig highlighted several key points

Meaningful Results from Chinese Trade Talks?

December 15th, 2010
Recent Legal News

In a letter to U.S. trade representatives, lawmakers push for “meaningful objective commitments and metrics” on IP theft, U.S. software exports, foreign exchange and other issues in the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade meetings this week. Read Article.

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Rise in Junior VC Compensation

December 14th, 2010
Finance, Accounting & Compensation

Highlights: New compensation survey of the venture capital industry shows the average compensation of junior VC professionals rose 26 percent this year. Read article.

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GNU Affero General Public License: Risks and Opportunities

December 14th, 2010
IP/Patents/Trademark
Privacy/Security

GNU Affero General Public License:
Risks and Opportunities

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The GNU Affero General Public License[3] (“AGPL”) is a special license in the family of open source licenses, creating risks and opportunities that do not exist with most other open source licenses. For a significant period of time after the introduction of this license in late 2007,[4] the use of this license was fairly limited. Even though the use of the AGPL is fairly limited in proportion to other open source licenses, its use is now sufficiently prevalent that attorneys may come in contact with this license. This article will

Advice from LinkedIn Co-Founder: “Build a Network”

December 13th, 2010
Entrepreneurial Info

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman offers advice to entrepreneurs at the “Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford” forum.

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Featured VC: Technology Crossover Ventures

December 13th, 2010
Venture Capital

Tim McAdam of Technology Crossover Ventures discusses state of venture and growth capital investment at December 2010 event in Atlanta.

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This information is presented for educational purposes and is not intended to constitute legal advice. Opinions expressed are those of the interviewee and not of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP; see disclaimer at http://www.www.mmmtechlaw.com/privacy-policy-and-disclaimer/. Contact John Yates for more information at jyates@mmmlaw.com.

Deepwater Wind Energy in the News

December 13th, 2010
Clean Tech/Green Energy

Highlights: Deepwater Wind has applied to federal authorities to build the largest proposed offshore-wind farm in the United States, a 200-turbine project in Rhode Island Sound. Read article.

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