A statutory financial statement is a kind of statutory report required by every publicly held company. These statutory reports must be shared with stockholders and also filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. But even if your company is not publicly held, it’s a smart idea to keep these important financial statements up to date…
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Establishing a consistent naming convention for your files and folders may be the most important investment of time you can make before uploading those files to your virtual data room (VDR) workspace. A few minutes invested today will save you many hours down the road sorting, organizing and searching for files. What’s in a…
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Information rights management (IRM) is a discipline that involves managing, controlling and securing content from unauthorized access or compromise. IRM is a subset of digital rights management (DRM), which protects intellectual property from patent infringement and piracy. IRM focuses on protecting sensitive data and documents, especially data and documents that are exchanged with parties…
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Startup founders have a lot to think about when they first enter the fundraising phase of their business. Venture capital firms and angel investors will undoubtedly want to go through a multi-step due diligence process. While due diligence can vary widely based on the industry and what traits the investors are looking for, it…
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When it’s time to decide on your data room setup, take a few minutes to plan ahead so you don’t find yourself making changes and reorganizing your workspaces later. Setting up a data room only takes ten minutes, and Caplinked’s Quick Start tour will show you everything you need to know. However, here are ten…
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A conglomerate merger is a merger between companies that are involved in completely unrelated business activities. These mergers typically occur between companies within different but perhaps related industries or firms located in different geographical locations or that serve different customer groups. There are two types of conglomerate mergers: pure and mixed. Pure conglomerate mergers…
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As with any business decision, when you’re considering a VDR, you need to balance virtual data room pricing with the benefits your organization will receive. Unfortunately, a growing number of companies are charging far too much for the limited features they offer, while other companies are charging extremely low fees without providing the security and…
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Due diligence: two words that are at the heart of virtually every business dealing. In a capital-raising phase for your company, potential investors no doubt want to have a pretty clear picture of your company’s assets and liabilities, both financial and otherwise. The due diligence performed by a venture capitalist (VC) is a vital step…
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A trade sale is one of the strategies commonly used when a company is looking to divest its interest in a particular asset. As the name suggests, it involves finding a particular buyer to trade with. Once a buyer is found, the controlling interest in the asset in question is handed over in exchange for…
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Zip files are a fast and easy option when you want to protect files from being accessed by casual users. While the technology behind them is quite old, and they don’t have the security required to protect extremely sensitive information, they’re great for compressing and sharing large amounts of data in easy-to-transport folders. The Dangers…
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