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The scenario After years of hard work, a successful startup is ready to enter the final phase of the lifecycle of a business – the exit. Businesses in this position ...
Level Up: What Startups Should Know About Venture Capital Financing
The Scenario The long hours and sleepless nights you put into your startup are beginning to pay off. Demand for your business is accelerating – both your market share and ...
What the Rogers family drama can teach us about succession planning
The Rogers family drama has been captivating. The whole country watched it play out in the fall of 2021, when Edward Rogers tried to fire Rogers CEO Joe Natale. This ...
Building a Solid Foundation – Knowing your options when it’s time to issue shares
Once your startup begins to see success, discussions often turn to shares – namely, the amount that should be issued and who should gain equity in your company. Zeifmans’ experts teamed up with Cassels ...
Ontario tweaks Business Corporations Act, making it more business-friendly
This summer, two small but important amendments to the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) came into effect. These amendments eased restrictions on governance so that Ontario businesses can operate more efficiently, ...
Look before you leap – How to choose the right first financing for your startup
Securing the first round of financing for a startup can be both an exciting and overwhelming endeavour. Zeifmans partnered with business law firm Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP to help ...
BDC insights for tech companies looking for financing – and why your accountant should be your first stop
Securing financing from a top lender like BDC doesn’t depend on luck or a splashy pitch deck. There’s a surprising amount you and Zeifmans Technology and Startups team can do beforehand ...
Psychedelics treatments are in the public eye
Recently the use of psychedelics in health care experienced an interesting turning point – not through political gains, but through television. Hulu’s latest hit, Nine Perfect Strangers, depicts the use of psychedelics ...
Proposed legislation introduced to reform cannabis taxation in the US
On July 14, 2021, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released a discussion draft of a detailed cannabis reform bill which, if enacted, would restore the deductibility of all expenses related ...