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If the SEC thinks even utility tokens will be classified as securities, then the rules surrounding the thousands of ICO advisory services (especially those not licensed as investment bankers) are likely to change drastically — and change soon. Take some time to peruse Linkedin profiles in search of how many “ICO Advisors” and “Blockchain Experts”...

If you are reading this, it’s likely you already are aware of what an ICO bounty is and what it entails. For the under-informed, a bounty on a token or coin offering is simply this: a commission paid to an individual or group of individuals for promoting a coin or token offering. It’s the unregistered...

In the show, “What About Bob?” Bill Murray plays Bob, a quirky phobic in need of psychiatric treatment. At one point in the show, Bob states emphatically, “there are two types of people in this world: those that like Neil Diamond and those that don’t.” The same could be said of blockchain and decentralization. You...

Some of the best deals need no bankers other than to check a box. Unfortunately, not every deal qualifies as the top 20% according to the Pareto Principle. No, the majority of transactions require a great deal of grunt work and boots-on-the-ground labor to get over the finish line. A silly and false notion has...

Tokenized equity on smart contracts hold a great deal of promise, the biggest opportunity being liquidity for secondary offerings tied to the blockchain. However, regulation is likely to play a role in how the smart contracts are structured to ensure compliance. It is certain that tokenized equity can provide immediate liquidity in principal, but the...

The ICO whitepaper as we know it is dead. Here are a few reasons why: Marketing Over Technology   Whitepapers are becoming less technical and more streamlined. As the technology becomes more ubiquitous and tokenized under more popular platforms (like Ethereum), you are likely to see less technical inputs and more arguments for “why our token”...

Due to some of our online exposure, we see deals across every imaginable sector and size. An oft-repeated question poised by would-be business sellers and equity issuers is this: “what experience do you have in doing deals in the __________ sector?” In many cases, either we or our extended team have some direct or indirect...

Determining what type of group is right for selling your business in a strategic M&A auction is an “it depends” decision. It depends on the size of your business. What were your trailing twelve month revenues? EBITDA? It depends on your industry. Are you in real estate or niche manufacturing? It depends on your desired...

Success is iterative. Typically those who are branded as most successful iterated through many, many bad ideas before they came to most successful good idea they could find. You can liken investing to life in the following way: Those who invest heavily in startups, book publishing and movies are looking for that one hit that...