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SAM Preccelerator Program Now Accepting Applications!
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP is one of the leading start-up law firms in Southern California. We pioneered a fixed fee start-up package making the formation and organization of your start-up as seamless as possible. Our Preccelerator Program is a platform offered to select start-up companies out of our Santa Monica office that provides interim office space and sophisticated legal services, with the objective of helping you grow your idea from business concept to funded startup. The Preccelerator Program provides free co-working space and other perks for 5-6 promising young startups.
The perks include:
- Free co-working space on a rolling basis, including free wireless access to the Internet and access to conference rooms for meetings and presentations
- Access to real-time legal advice and transactional legal services on site (under our standard engagement and/or fee arrangements)
- Access to in-house educational workshops and activities
- Potential introductions to our network of investors and other service providers
For more information about the Preccelerator Program, visit https://preccelerator.com/preccelerator or contact Heidi Hubbeling at (310) 746-9803 or hhubbeling@100.26.91.60
SAM Preccelerator Program Now Accepting Applications!
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP is one of the leading start-up law firms in Southern California. We pioneered a fixed fee start-up package making the formation and organization of your start-up as seamless as possible. Our Preccelerator Program is a platform offered to select start-up companies out of our Santa Monica office that provides interim office space and sophisticated legal services, with the objective of helping you grow your idea from business concept to funded startup. The Preccelerator Program provides free co-working space and other perks for 5-6 promising young startups.
The perks include:
- Free co-working space on a rolling basis, including free wireless access to the Internet and access to conference rooms for meetings and presentations
- Access to real-time legal advice and transactional legal services on site (under our standard engagement and/or fee arrangements)
- Access to in-house educational workshops and activities
- Potential introductions to our network of investors and other service providers
For more information about the Preccelerator Program, visit https://preccelerator.com/preccelerator or contact Heidi Hubbeling at (310) 746-9803 or hhubbeling@100.26.91.60
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles to Host Silicon Beach Fest Legal Panel: “Dispute Resolution 1.0”
For the third year in a row, Stubbs Alderton & Markiles will be a sponsor of Silicon Beach Fest LA. This year, SAM is the featured Legal Panel on June 19th, hosted at our Santa Monica office, with a reception to follow. Here’s the low down:
“Dispute Resolution 1.0 – What Every Startup Needs to Know About Disputes and How to Minimize the Risk of Litigation”
June 19th, 2014
4:00-6:00 pm – Panel Presentation
6:00-8:00 pm – Reception in 2nd Floor Courtyard
**You MUST register on the SIlicon Beach Fest site in order to be admitted to the event**
What You’ll Learn:
Experience shows that the average cost to a business for participating in a breach of contract dispute, IP/trade secrets dispute, employment dispute or other business-related dispute runs hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees alone. Basic does and don’ts on licensing, non-competes, founder disputes, cybersecurity – all of these can sink a young business. There are ways for a company or entrepreneur to minimize the risk of becoming embroiled in a dispute. Equally important, how a company or entrepreneur handles disputes oftentimes is the difference between business success and failure.
Hear our panel of national experts drawn from the world of start-ups/entrepreneurs, trial and IP lawyers, and professional mediators provide some basic advice on how to best position your company to avoid those types of disputes in the first place, and to also provide some strategies about what steps to take if and when a dispute that cannot be easily resolved, is brewing.
The Panel
Moderator: Daniel Garrie, one of the most sought-after computer forensic experts and special masters to advise federal and state judges around the country. In addition to his law degree, he holds a masters in computer science and appears as comfortable talking with entrepreneurs as he is with developers, as he is with lawyers and judges. His national reputation in the intersection of computer forensics and the law makes him a sought-after speaker and expert in the field, and just last week he was featured in a New York Time article on cyber-security and law firms; you can view the link at: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/03/26/law-firms-scrutinized-as-hacking-increases/
Panelists:
Bruce Friedman – During his 20+ years practicing law, Bruce received just about every professional accolade out there, served as large law firm general counsel, represented name brand companies, and carved out a niche as an expert in professional liability and insurance coverage. Since becoming a full time mediator in 2013, he has seen his career flourish, as more and more lawyers and clients in LA realize what an outstanding addition Bruce makes to the mediation marketplace. He is presently with ADR Services in Century City.
Tony Keats – Partner, Brand Development and Content Protection Chair, Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP. Tony’s almost three decade legal career has focused on both the legal and business protection of brands and creative content from consumer products to entertainment, from designer goods to the Internet. Since he commenced practice, he has provided counsel and has litigated cases on behalf of many of the world’s largest consumer product, top designer fashion brands and entertainment companies, as well as individual entrepreneurs, actors, and musicians. Tony’s litigation background also includes related commercial matters involving unfair competition, contract disputes, rights of publicity violations, business torts, domain name infringement, and idea submission claims. Tony is also the author of the best-known treatise on brand protection and counterfeiting on the market today, widely used by practitioners. Not coincidentally, as part of his trademark/brand protection practice, Tony has served as a mediator in many IP-related disputes.
Michael A. Sherman – Partner, Business Litigation Chair, Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP – Michael is an accomplished trial lawyer in high-stakes, “bet-the-company” litigation, and has represented both large and early-stage companies as well as entrepreneurs in all facets of business and complex commercial litigation. He has evenly split his litigation practice on both the plaintiff and defense side of cases, has first-chaired numerous trials in complex matters in industries as varied as securities, healthcare, environmental, consumer products, technology, project development/finance, advertising, real estate and apparel, and is highly skilled in class actions and unfair competition law. Michael’s trial skills and courtroom success resulted in his being named several years ago to the “Top 100 Lawyers” in California list, published by the Daily Journal newspaper chain. He has consistently been named to “Best Lawyers in America”.
Chris Colvin – Chris is a former engineer with a technical degree from Princeton, who went on to law school and a stint as a partner in a major NY firm (Kramer Levin) before he started his own NYC-based IP firm a few years back. In addition to his “day job” as an attorney specializing in IP litigation, Chris founded two social networking sites, Ivy Life, focused on alums of the Ivy League, at http://www.ivylife.net and In The House, focused at In House Counsel, at http://i-t-h.org.
The Courtyard Party!
6pm-8pm
2nd Floor Courtyard
1453 3rd Street Promenade
FREE to attend when you flash your Silicon Beach Fest pass!
Enjoy free food and drinks with like-minded entrepreneurs and startup leaders fueling innovation in Los Angeles! Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP invites you to join us at ourSilicon Beach Fest Courtyard Party in our newly expanded Santa Monica office on 3rd Street Promenade.
SAM Preccelerator Program Presents: “Working with Developers” with Tony Karrer – April 22, 2014
Join Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
for this exclusive event!
“Working with Developers”
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
5:30pm-8:00pm
Are you a non-technical startup founder who’s challenged by working with technical people? Having trouble recruiting them? Aren’t sure if your team is executing very well? Not sure if they are building things the right way? Can’t understand how you can be relatively clear about what you want only to find they’ve built something different from what you said, and it took longer and even that doesn’t work quite right? Find that talking with them often seems like more work than it should?
Many non-technical founders find this to be their experience. Dr. Tony Karrer has been bridging the gap between non-technical founders and technical resources for the past 20+ years.
His presentation looks at:
Basics of recruiting and working with technical people. Communications, motivators/demotivators.
- Founder Developer Gap. Recognizing it and how to close it.
- Symptoms of a Poor Development Team and what to do about it.
- Product and Project Management. Documenting for developers.
You will walk away with a better understanding of how to effectively work with your CTO and developers.
Featuring
Dr. Tony Karrer,
CEO/CTO TechEmpower
Founder & CTO Aggregage
CEO/CTO TechEmpower
Founder & CTO Aggregage
Tony has worked with more than 30 early-stage companies as a part-time CTO including as the part-time CTO of eHarmony for its first four years. Tony is the CEO/CTO of TechEmpower, a web/mobile/software development firm based in El Segundo that is known for its high performance practice and framework benchmarks. Tony is also the Founder and CTO of Aggregage, an online B2B Media Company. In addition to working with startups, Tony has consulted on technology implementations for large companies including Credit Suisse, Citibank, Lexus, Universal Music, IBM and HP.
Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science. Tony taught Computer Science for 11 years. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. He is well-known for his SoCal CTO blog and his StartupRoar topic hub. Tony is the lead organizer of the LA CTO Forum, a group of 300+ CTOs in Los Angeles, and Mentor Night, a founder mentoring group.
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
1453 3rd Street Promenade, Suite 300
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Parking
4th Street/Broadway ramp or in the Santa Monica Place Mall
We hope to see you there!
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP Announces Expansion of Santa Monica Office
Los Angeles, CA (February 25, 2013) – Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, Southern California’s leading business law firm, has announced the expansion of its Santa Monica office at 1453 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA. This office is located on the corner of Third Street Promenade and Broadway Boulevard. The growth of the Firm and its Preccelerator Program has provided the opportunity for this expansion. The new office opening makes an inspiring statement about the support and involvement that Stubbs Alderton will continue to contribute to the Silicon Beach marketplace. An open house celebration will be scheduled for some time in March.
Scott Alderton, a founder and managing partner of Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, comments: “Since opening our office in Santa Monica, we have assisted in the growth of a handful of super early-stage businesses, two of which (Fleck and 3Ten8) have moved on to prominent Accelerator Programs. Fleck moved to the Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE) in Portland, Oregon (http://www.piepdx.com) and 3Ten8 moved to The Alchemist in the Bay area (http://www.alchemistaccelerator.com). We have also produced and hosted dozens of “Preccelerator Events” ranging from simple mixers to substantive educational seminars. That level of involvement is vital to Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, given our historical commitment to the start-up ecosystem. Our expansion and growth in Santa Monica is a demonstration of our commitment to be leaders and innovators in this community.”
Company Information
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP is a business law firm with robust corporate, public securities, mergers and acquisitions and intellectual property practice groups focusing on the representation of venture backed emerging growth companies, middle market public companies, large technology companies, entertainment and digital media companies, investors, venture capital funds, investment bankers and underwriters. The firm’s clients represent the full spectrum of Southern California business with a concentration in the technology, entertainment, videogame, apparel and medical device sectors. Their mission is to provide technically excellent legal services in a consistent, highly-responsive and service-oriented manner with an entrepreneurial and practical business perspective. These principles are the hallmarks of their Firm.
About the Preccelerator Program
The Preccelerator is a novel platform offered to select start-up companies out of the Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP Santa Monica office that provides interim office space and access to sophisticated legal services, with the objective of helping start-ups grow their idea from business concept to funded startup. For more information, visit www.stubbsalderton.com/preccelerator
Media Contact
For further information regarding this press release, please contact Heidi Hubbeling, Director of Marketing – (310) 746-9803 or hhubbeling@100.26.91.60
SAM Preccelerator Program Presents: “3-Year Financial Plan” with David Ehrenberg
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for this exclusive event!
“3-Year Financial Plan”
September 24, 2013
5:30pm-8:00pm
**Networking to Start!**
In “Creating Your 3-Year Financial Plan for Startups,” David Ehrenberg from Early Growth Financial Services takes entrepreneurs through what they should think about and include in their 3-year financial plan as they gear up to raise funds and pitch to investors. Topics covered include financial modeling, creating milestones, bottom-up and top-down projections, budgeting, cost assumptions, and more.
Featuring
David Ehrenberg, CEO, EGFS
David Ehrenberg is the founder and CEO of Early Growth Financial Services (EGFS), a financial services firm that serves companies at every stage of the development process by providing a complete suite of outsourced financial services including accounting, financial strategy, taxes, valuation, and corporate governance support. David is a financial expert and startup mentor whose passion is helping businesses to focus on what they do best. Follow David @EarlyGrowthFS.
Sponsored by
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
1453 3rd Street Promenade, Suite 310
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Parking
4th Street/Broadway ramp or in the Santa Monica Place Mall
We hope to see you there!
SAM Preccelerator Presents: Financial Forecasting & Modeling with Eli Eisenberg – July 9, 2013
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for this exclusive event!
July 9, 2013
5:30pm-7:30pm
**Networking to follow!**
This workshop explains how to successfully and thoroughly create
a financial forecast for your business.
Eli Eisenberg, Founder and CEO of Straight Line Management, will cover topics like:
- Why the financial model and P&L forecast are critical components of commercialization
- A recipe for developing a credible P&L forecast
- Developing financial assumptions and a revenue forecast that is consistent with your company’s TAM, market assessment, and business model
- A flexible template financial model that can be easily adapted to your company’s business
Featuring
Eli Eisenberg, Founder & CEO
Straightline Management
Eli Eisenberg has more than 35 years of hands on experience in the financial and business management of entrepreneurial companies. As founder and CEO of Straight Line Management™, he specializes in providing financial expertise and mentoring to high-potential early stage companies. Mr. Eisenberg helps them to increase profitability, secure funding, evaluate and capitalize on opportunities, streamline financial operations, and get the financial side of the business under control. Since launching his Straight Line Management consulting company in 1991, he has served as a trusted advisor to more than 70 early-stage companies, both traditional and web based, across a variety of industries including software and game companies, high and low tech manufacturing companies, wholesale distribution companies, product and services companies and non-profit organizations.
Prior to starting Straight Line Management, Mr. Eisenberg served as Chief Financial Officer for three high technology companies, served in senior financial and operational management positions (including VP of Finance and VP of Operations) in several other high growth companies, and established, ran and sold his own successful consumer products company.
Mr. Eisenberg has extensive experience in strategic planning, capital raising strategies, financial management and forecasting, business plan preparation, and development and streamlining of management reporting systems and controls. He is also a Fellow of the Larta Institute, where he conducts workshops and mentoring sessions for entrepreneurs in conjunction with their NIH, NSF, TATRC and USCA Commercialization Assistance Programs.
Sponsored by
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
1453 3rd Street Promenade, Suite 310
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Parking
4th Street/Broadway ramp or in the Santa Monica Place Mall
We hope to see you there!
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP Offering Startup Formation Prize Package at Pay It Forward For Business Event – July 1, 2013
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, alongside Your Office Agent, The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, Docstoc, Media leader, Azure Software, Metropole Capital, Insperity, Infusionsoft and Startup Workshops, bring you this year’s Pay it Forward for Business event entitled, “Incubate, Accelerate and Pay it Forward.”
Event Details:
Monday, July 1, 2013 6:00pm-9:00pm
Satellite Santa Monica
3110 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
The free “Pay it Forward for Business” events are always based on the strong Santa Monica culture of helping one another in becoming established in their endeavors. Thought leaders in every area of business competence from funding to marketing and everything in-between are joining forces for this year’s event.
This year they have over $15,000 worth of prizes and free advice to help you grow your business surrounded by the brightest and best in Santa Monica. We at Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles, LLP are offering a prize package that includes a full startup company set-up package. Applications can be picked up at our booth at the event. Need not be present to win.
The event is supported by Santa Monica New Tech, Santa Monica Chamber, LAX Chamber and the Swedish Chamber and hosted by the team at Your office Agent with the assistance of our partners at Satellite and all the coworking spaces in Santa Monica.
SAM Preccelerator Program Presents: “Brand 101: Brands Don’t ‘Happen’ – They Are Created” with John Tabis of The Bouqs
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for this exclusive event!
Brand 101:
“Brands Don’t ‘Happen’ – They are Created”
June 20, 2013
5:30pm-7:30pm
**Networking to follow!**
Featuring
John Tabis, Founder and CEO of The Bouqs Company
John Tabis is Founder & CEO of The Bouqs Company. Prior to Founding TheBouqs.com, John worked in strategy consulting at Bain & Company and in marketing strategy for brands including Disney, ESPN, ABC, Marvel, ShoeDazzle and Gerber Baby. John graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BS in Finance from the University of Notre Dame and received his MBA with Honors from UCLA Anderson, where he studied on Fellowship. He lives in Venice, CA with his wife, son and pup Billie Jean. He would like you to send your loved ones flowers. Right. Now.
What You’ll Learn:
Brands don’t ‘happen’. Brands are created. Every day your company’s brand your personal brand are being developed whether you like it or not. The time to ‘figure out brand’ isn’t tomorrow, it isn’t today. It was yesterday. We’ll cover the basics of “Brand 101” and how to build, manage, and grow a brand effectively.
Sponsored by
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
1453 3rd Street Promenade, Suite 310
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Parking
4th Street/Broadway ramp or in the Santa Monica Place Mall
We hope to see you there!