Tag Archive: Mashtag

Avoiding “Janitorial” Legal Work for Startups

Winklevoss Twins

Guide to laying the legal foundations of a successful startup company by startup lawyer Antone Johnson, Founding Principal of Bottom Line Law Group

Resources for Early Stage Entrepreneurs: Fifteen Items in the “Top 10″

Following is the new, improved, Top 15 List of free online resources addressing key recurring themes and questions that founders raise in our initial meetings: Assembling a founding team, choosing and forming a legal entity, deciding on how to compensate co-founders and employees, gauging market conditions for VC and angel funding, deciphering legal jargon and documents used in VC and angel financing rounds, identifying and retaining the best professional advisors, and so forth.

Martindale-Hubbell Connects Lawyers, and… More Lawyers

Martindale-Hubbell is a legendary name in legal circles, synonymous with legal directories dating back more than 140 years.  Long before the Internet existed, a ritual among junior associates at law firms was to pull the weighty leatherbound tome off the shelf, find opposing counsel’s M-H profile and hand out copies to everyone on the deal…

Live from Austin: Social Media Clubhouse during SxSW Interactive

Bottom Line Law Group is proud to sponsor the Social Media Clubhouse in Austin, Texas during SxSW. The Social Media Club and its founders, Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells, have put a tremendous amount of effort into organizing this event. Following up on the Social Media Week events of last month in San Francisco and around the world, the Clubhouse will host some of the most stimulating discussions during SxSW Interactive.

How Do You Engage With Potential Followers Using Social Media?

Engaging with potential followers on Twitter or elsewhere is not complicated, but does require thinking and work. First, you need to engage in conversations that you find genuinely interesting. Second, you need to write and contribute your thoughts so that other readers know you’re not just endlessly repeating the work of other people. And finally, you need to amplify the words and deeds of people you find are interesting.

25 Years of Social Computing: Game Highlights at Halftime

My goal in publishing Mashtag is to serve as both primary sportscaster and color commentator. As a business lawyer and executive in social media and the broader technology industry, I hope to bring the factual background and analytical tools of the profession to bear to explore some of the most interesting current issues in business, law and public policy.