This has been a hard week for me to get blogging.
The problem is a great one to have - I have a lot of client
projects going right now and am finding the time to sit down and
write difficult. So, rather than a typical blog post, let me
provide some updates on what has been keeping me busy lately.
Being a private
equity attorney is fun. Despite the current economic climate,
Madoff, AIG bonuses and States' misuse of economic stimulus funds,
businesses continue to raise capital and grow. They continue
to innovate, add employees, and develop businesses. They
continue to add to and help fix the economy. 
The National Association of Seed
and Venture Funds (NASVF), a national organization of public and
private equity firms and private equity investors, released a study
this week of 5,000 early stage funds and providers that support
young entrepreneurial companies and found that State level funding
for these companies is dire.
A
friend and client of mine, Doug Karr, wrote a good post
this week entitled "Where
to Start a Startup?" I appreciate Doug's candid comments
regarding the climate for private equity investors in
Indiana. Key question - "Starting a business requires
funding. Does Indiana have it?"
Earlier
this week I wrote a
post on my issues with the Economic Stimulus Plan passed by our
Congressional and Senate leaders last week (and signed by our
President yesterday). Sorry – I don’t use this Blog to rant
often, but this one ticked me off. In the post I noted that
$200M of the funds designated to Indiana are set aside with few
strings attached.
Former President Clinton summarized the three goals of the bill on
Larry King last night:
1. Put money in people's pockets who are in...
I
purposely never write about politics or religion on this
blog. It is not that I do not have my
convictions, it is more that there is a time and place for such
things… and I have yet to feel like the Business and Culture Blog
is my proper forum. The purpose of this blog is to address
those areas of innovation, leadership, entrepreneurship, technology
and community that lie at the intersection of business and
culture. Last week our House and Senate leaders approved a
bill that lies at this...
Like many of my clients, I am an
entrepreneur. About four years ago I got the guts to leave
the large law firm atmosphere, take my few Indiana technology
clients and start my own business law practice (what has now grown
into Alerding Castor). I
remember dealing with many internal questions at that time about
whether it was the correct moment of my career and life to launch
out on my own.
That's an RSS feed. Just click on it to receive content updates.
Powered by Compendium