If you operate anywhere in the life cycle of business startups (founders, angel investors, lawyers, accountants, investment bankers, other consultants, venture capitalists, strategic acquisition managers, etc) you should read Venture Deals by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson.  This is the most practical, succinct and insightful book on the market about venture deals.  

Spring break was great this year.  Hanging out with the family, baseball, fishing, the beach, kayaking and a bunch of reading.  One great book I read was Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City by Brad Feld of Foundry Group.

Gutwein Law is excited to be teaming up with zWORKS as a Founding Partner and exclusive legal sponsor.  Scheduled to open in April, zWORKS will be Zionsville’s entrepreneurial and coworking center.  It will serve as a hub of work and will provide startup acceleration resources for entrepreneurs such as educational programing.  zWORKS will be located at 85 East Cedar Street in downtown Zionsville.

Gutwein Law understands the ongoing evolution of both large and smaller scale agriculture operations.  The current agricultural production and related environments increasingly demand a business approach to be successful--it has become "agribusiness." 

In Part 1 of the series on business combinations - mergers, strategic partnerships or joint ventures - we highlighted the 4 factors to consider before entering a term sheet or deep due diligence of a business combination: (1) Alignment of Character/Business Philosophy; (2) Human Capital and Physical Assets; (3) Market/Product/Reputation; and (4) Financial Health.