Orrick has put together a really nice set of business plan guidelines, and they have been nice enough to make it available to everyone on Founders Space.
Orrick Materials – Business Plan Guidelines for Founders Space – May 2011
This plan was put together with the idea of startups pitching venture capitalists for funding.
Orrick is one of the leading law firms in the world when it comes to serving startups and their founders. Orrick offers a number of services targeted at startups, including its very popular TOTAL ACCESS series and Start-up Tool Kit.
Orrick’s TOTAL ACCESS Event Series provides entrepreneurs business, tactical and legal education through complimentary breakfast panels and lunch seminars. Presented by experienced industry CEOs, venture capitalists and Orrick lawyers, TOTAL ACCESS offers insights on cutting-edge issues and an opportunity to network with leading professionals in Silicon Valley.
Hosted by Orrick at its Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices, TOTAL ACCESS events are available exclusively to entrepreneurs, start-up company executives and the investment community.
For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been looking into how to protect Flash & Flex files. Most Flash & Flex files can be decompiled, revealing the source code to anyone who makes the effort to do so. Unfortunately, it doesn’t require a great deal of effort to download one of the many decompilers available online and rip off someone else’s hard work.
I did a lot of research looking for a solution, and most of the SWF protection packages out there don’t actually deliver what they promise. They are simply too easy to outsmart. However, after scouring many technical forums and developer sites, I found that a large number of developers are using secureSWF.
Kindisoft’s secureSWF provides obfuscation, code protection, and SWF encryption techniques to prevent Flash decompilers from generating anything useful from the SWF, SWC, or AIR files.
Most Flash & Flex files can be decompiled, revealing the source code to anyone who makes the effort to do so. Unfortunately, it doesn’t require a great deal of effort to download one of the many decompilers available online and rip off someone else’s hard work.
I did a lot of research looking for a solution, and most of the SWF protection packages out there don’t actually deliver what they promise. They are simply too easy to outsmart. However, after scouring many technical forums and developer sites, I found that a large number of developers are using irrFuscator.
Ambiera’s irrFuscator obfuscates the Actionscript 3 bytecode in Flash and Flex SWF files so that decompilers won’t be able to extract your function, variable and constant names anymore. irrFuscator can read in a directory of .as and .mxml files, process them and put them out into a target directory. Simply recompile the directory with the obfuscated files and your .swf files are a lot safer.
The ineffable Alex Capecelatro is the brain behind VentureRate, and here’s a wonderful post from his blog. This should give you a good idea about how VentureRate works…
Yes, I believe in transparency. I believe in people like Aaron Patzer, CEO and founder of Mint, who openly shares every detail of his company. I believe in people like Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, who has been called the “See-Through CEO” for an angelic paradigm in openness. I’ve been amongst entrepreneurs for much of my life, and I’ve taken note of the truly successful ones. Are they the ones who force an NDA down your throat? Are they the ones who tell you that they’re going to change the world, but never discuss their motive? NO. Great entrepreneurs believe in transparency and in building their product around the pains, problems, and concerns of their customers.And for this reason, VentureRate was born. The goal of VentureRate is to give entrepreneurs a platform to share their ideas and to get feedback. In today’s ultra-connected world, why not leverage the direct and immediate feedback potential from other entrepreneurs, potential customers, and seasoned investors? These people have been around the block before, and are willing to help make your product even better! What’s more? They are doing it for free!
But what if someone steals my idea? Good question. You definitely need to understand the risks of putting your ideas out there. Here’s a list of some of the consequences you might realize by posting your ideas to VentureRate:
Wappow
Conferences, Workshops, and Networking Events
Wappow! is home to Woot! conferences, mini-Woot! networking events, and Huzzah! workshops. Events geared for professionals who are interested in connecting with customers digitally—whether via the web, mobile, gaming, and more. At Wappow! events, attendees learn about technologies that help them stay on the cutting edge of digital connection, interaction, communication, and relationship-building.
Founders Space has partnered with the Games Business Summit in Paris France.
Overview
On September 10th, the Games Business Summit returns to the Porte de Versailles in Paris, at Pavilion 4 of the exhibition park.
infoBayArea is the brainchild of the super-socializer Cesar Plata. It aims to inform and unite the Bay Area Community by promoting Business, Community, Culture, and Education. Cesar distributes a weekly e-newsletter and hosts monthly business networking mixers throughout the Bay Area, which offer opportunities for professionals, business owners, corporate and community leaders, and college students to network in a friendly, fun, and comfortable environment. InfoBayArea.com also serves as a directory of Bay Area jobs, events and community and career resources.
Weedle is an interesting site for entrepreneurs. In addition to a fun name, it’s a good place to find people to help work on your startup.
What is Weedle?
Weedle enables a better way for you to:
– Connect with people who need your skill and;
– To find people who have the skills you need.
Ask the VC is similar in concept to Founders Space, except that, instead of tapping into a broad network of advisors, the answers are provided by two individuals: Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson. Basically, you ask them questions, and they provide answers from a VC’s perspective. The thing that makes this site work is that they are two smart venture capitalists. Jason is not only a VC, but also a lawyer, so Ask the VC includes legal advice too. We see this as a good resource for founders.
Background on Brad & Jason:
Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson are the co-authors of AsktheVC. Brad and Jason have been working together since 2000 when Jason joined Mobius Venture Capital, a venture capital firm that Brad co-founded. They started writing together on Brad’s Feld Thoughts blog in 2005 with their Term Sheet series. After several other series about issues facing venture capital backed companies, Jason and Brad decided to start AsktheVC. Brad and Jason, along with three other partners have recently founded a new venture firm, the Foundry Group located in Boulder, Colorado.
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