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Optimizing Data Centers to Meet the Needs of Cryptocurrency Miners
April 17, 2018 | Blog
Data centers are the twenty-first century nexus between the commercial real estate and telecommunication business sectors. Owners, operators and developers of data centers face the difficult task of continually adapting to the rapidly evolving priorities of their ever expanding clientele in order to remain competitive and appealing to the largest number of actual and potential consumers.
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MintzTech Connect Industry News - April 2018
April 12, 2018 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
This edition of TechConnect shows the depth and breadth of our coverage of Tech issues. We have included a podcast interview of Cliff Boro, a long-time friend and serial entrepreneur, who skillfully provides pointers to those seeking out capital from Angels and VCs. We also have two great articles in this issue: the first is about AI from the perspective of our patent professionals; the second is about privacy and how your company’s privacy policies can actually be a competitive advantage. Finally, we highlight Aphelion Path, a consulting shop based in Brooklyn that is helping emerging companies to accelerate growth and succeed.
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MintzTech Connect Innovator Profile: Aphelion Path
April 12, 2018 | | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
Taking a start-up from idea to growth is the crucial step that can cause many founders to stumble and ultimately doom businesses to mediocrity. That’s why former operators at MakerBot, Zazzle, and Autonomous turned advisors to create the Aphelion Path Consulting Group.
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Two Recent SEC No Action Letters Establish Standards for Crowdsourcing Online Platforms Limited to "Accredited Investors" to Avoid Registration as a Broker-Dealer
April 3, 2018 | Alert | By Daniel DeWolf, Jeremy Glaser, Steve Ganis, Melanie Ruthrauff Levy
In two recent no action letters, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) granted no action relief for two venture capital online funding platforms, the FundersClub, Inc. (“FundersClub”) and AngelList, LLC (“AngelList”), allowing them to avoid registering as broker-dealers under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) even though their affiliates will receive some compensation in the form of a carried interest.
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AI: The Path of the Future or Industry Hype?
March 19, 2018 | Advisory | By Michael Renaud, Adam Rizk
Companies in many industries are integrating artificial intelligence into their products despite a decline in US AI patent filings driven by uncertainty about the patentability of software. Advances in machine learning are spurring the increased interest in AI.
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Blockchain in Energy – Where Do We Stand? Where Do We Go From Here?
March 16, 2018 | Blog
For all the publicity generated by the recent increase in value of Bitcoin, as well as the generally increasing awareness of the existence of blockchain technology, Greentech Media’s recent Blockchain in Energy Forum 2018 held in New York City demonstrated that the technology is incredibly young and all stakeholders—utilities, regulators, entrepreneurs, consumers and investors—are still struggling with the ultimate impact of distributed ledger systems.
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The Week Ahead - US v. Microsoft at SCOTUS
February 26, 2018 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments in United States v. Microsoft Corp., in which the court will decide whether a US technology service provider, Microsoft, must obey a search warrant for data stored in a foreign country.
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MintzTech Innovator Profile: Simplexity
January 15, 2018 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
Simplexity Services is a San Diego, CA-based company offering back-office services for start-up entrepreneurs and for those who have closed seed or Series A financings. Simplexity helps de-risk and accelerate startups by applying systems science and solutions as building blocks for essential founder infrastructure, resulting in the business insights and deliverables which allow founders and their investors to sleep better at night.
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MintzTech Connect Industry News - January 2018
January 15, 2018 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
In this edition of MintzTech Connect, we discuss the benefits of a Series LLC; we highlight Simplexity, a wonderful back-office company based in San Diego; and we have included a fascinating article on cryptocurrencies which explains this new asset class that enables decentralized applications. Additionally, we highlight our new series of podcasts called From The Edge, which provides useful information for and about entrepreneurs.
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MintzTech Guest Article: Letter to Jamie Dimon and Anyone Still Struggling to Understand Cryptocurrencies
January 15, 2018 | Article
MintzTech Guest Article: Letter to Jamie Dimon and Anyone Still Struggling to Understand Cryptocurrencies
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Mintz Launches New From the Edge Podcast
January 15, 2018 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
Mintz Levin is excited to announce From the Edge, a podcast for and about entrepreneurs. In this series, Mintz attorneys who specialize in emerging companies speak with investors and entrepreneurs in the technology, biotech, and finance fields to explore the key strategies they used to build successful ventures. Featured industry leaders explain how they raised capital, built great management teams, achieved successful liquidity events, and more.
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InsureTech Connect 2017 Panel Discussion: Maximizing Profits via Products and Alternative Business Model Innovation
October 9, 2017 | Article | By Heidi Lawson, Gregory Hoffnagle, Jacquelyn Burke
After being in the insurance industry for several decades in a variety of roles, I frequently get asked which insurtechs I think are going to be successful.
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MintzTech Innovator Profile: quip
September 15, 2017 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
Since its beginnings in early 2015, quip, the Brooklyn-based dental start-up co-founded by former industrial product designers Simon Enever and Bill May, has swiftly reinvented the archaic dental healthcare industry. From its superbly designed electric toothbrushes to its subscription toothbrush-head and toothpaste replacement service, and its “dental connect” digital platform for customers and dental professionals, quip has made it easier, more enjoyable, and more affordable for customers to keep their smiles bright and healthy. For these achievements, quip has received unprecedented dental industry and press coverage, including recognition as one of TIME Magazine’s 25 Best Inventions of 2016, a place on the O, The Oprah Magazine “O-List,” and a 2016 GQ Grooming Award. With such accolades and its robust social media following, quip is revolutionizing the way people around the world approach oral healthcare.
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MintzTech Connect Industry News - September 2017
September 15, 2017 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
Words are very powerful and the language we use often frames a discussion. For example, the term “shareholder activist” sounds like a consumer friendly person who has everyone’s best interests at heart, when in fact the term “shareholder activist” is a phrase invented to cast corporate raiders in a better light. Such semantic gamesmanship often masks the reality of a particular situation.
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SAFEs: The (Not So) Simple Agreement for (Potential) Future Equity
September 7, 2017 | Alert | By Brian Novell, Daniel DeWolf
Historically, most startup companies were funded either by the offering of equity or by loans in the form of convertible promissory notes. Recently, however, there have been some hybrid instruments created to fund startups.
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MintzTech Innovator Profile: Kinnos, Inc.
June 15, 2017 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
Kinnos Inc. is a New York-based company that is raising the standard of infectious disease decontamination to protect healthcare workers, patients, and the general public. Their first product, Highlight®, is an additive for disinfectants that eliminates human error and allows even untrained end-users, such as healthcare workers, housekeeping staff, and biosafety personnel, to immediately use disinfectants effectively.
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MintzTech Connect Industry News - June 2017
June 15, 2017 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
The current edition of MintzTech Connect includes an article relating to investing in hot secondary securities and an article on some of the pitfalls in our “gig economy” under New York law when hiring independent contractors. We also highlight a very cool young company called Kinnos, which is raising the standard of infectious disease decontamination to protect healthcare workers, patients, and the general public.
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MintzTech Industry Update: SEC’s Piwowar Warns ‘SAFE’ Investments Carry Risks
June 15, 2017 | Article
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission member Michael Piwowar on Tuesday urged investors to be wary of the pitfalls of so-called SAFE investments — a sophisticated financing instrument for startup companies — that are increasingly being marketed to the broader retail investing public.
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Seniority Matters
June 15, 2017 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf
There is little doubt that activity in the trading of secondary shares of private companies remains robust. Private companies are staying private longer and there seems to be an unlimited demand to buy into the newest “Unicorn” anointed each week. As the market for secondary shares stays strong, valuations seem not to matter much to most buyers.
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Insurtech: 5 Questions, More Profit
April 28, 2017 | Advisory | By Heidi Lawson, Gregory Hoffnagle, Jacquelyn Burke
Decisions you make when founding and/or investing in an insurtech venture can dictate your regulatory obligations, tax liability, operational structure and, ultimately, profitability. Here are five seemingly simple questions to ask when launching an insurtech venture:
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