Tag Archives: San Francisco

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

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Antone Johnson • 10 Comments

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.… Continue Reading

Filed Under: angel investing, entrepreneurship, law, startups, super angels, venture capital

TEDx SoMa – Interactivity and the Digital Future

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Antone Johnson • 1 Comment

Bottom Line Law Group is proud to sponsor TEDx SoMa, “Interactivity and the Digital Future,” taking place Friday, May 21 from 1-4 pm PST at pariSoma Innovation Loft in San Francisco.… Continue Reading

Filed Under: coworking, digital media, events, social media

Working in Santa Monica, Coworking in San Francisco

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Antone Johnson • 6 Comments

As my firm picks up momentum, we’re putting down deeper roots in both Northern and Southern California. Although virtual offices in executive suites offered convenience and flexibility during our launch, they’re less than ideal in the long run for many reasons. At the same time, as I’ve written before, BLLG itself is operating as a… Continue Reading

Filed Under: coworking

Martindale-Hubbell Connects Lawyers, and… More Lawyers

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Antone Johnson • 0 Comments

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… Continue Reading

Filed Under: law, social media

Live from Austin: Social Media Clubhouse during SxSW Interactive

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Antone Johnson • 1 Comment

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.… Continue Reading

Filed Under: digital media, social media

Crowdsourced Auto Design: Local Motors Audaciously Challenges the Status Quo

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Antone Johnson • 9 Comments

As part of Social Media Week, I visited the Autodesk Gallery for a panel discussion entitled “The Next Challenge For The Crowd: Quickly Build Real, Hard, Complex Shit That Matters (Like Cars).” With a title like that, I was not about to miss it. The Rally Fighter parked out front (around the corner from a Tesla roadster, natch) foreshadowed the fascinating discussion inside. Many of the ideas which had been swirling around in my head for the past week coalesced in this 90-minute conversation with Jay Rogers, CEO and co-founder of Local Motors; Marten Mickos, former CEO of MySQL; and Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired, moderated by Matt Johnston.… Continue Reading

Filed Under: events, law, startups