Louis Lehot, business lawyer and partner at Foley & Lardner LLP in Silicon Valley. He focuses his practice on advising entrepreneurs and their management teams, investors and financial advisors at all stages of growth, from garage to global. Louis especially enjoys being able to help his clients achieve hyper-growth, go public and successfully obtain optimal liquidity events.
The bar to raising the first round of venture capital has risen. Are you ready? Do you have a reliable founder team, do you have intellectual property, have you developed a minimum viable product, have recurring revenue? What I am getting at is, do you have what it takes? These are all questions that might have been answered post-Series A. You might only get one shot at a meeting with an investor. Make it count. Don’t even go there until you have a story, a team, and some indicia of progress.
Whether your company is two people just getting off the ground, or a large publicly-traded company, Louis’ team has the experience and expertise to serve your interests.