Start-ups

Advising entrepreneurs on the formation and growth of new businesses is a cornerstone of Mintz Levin's practice. Our understanding of start-up businesses and the unique industry environments they operate in allows us to offer an array of value-added services to emerging growth companies.

Our attorneys and senior professionals bring industry expertise, knowledge and entrepreneurial know-how to the traditional areas of corporate, finance and intellectual property counsel, based on decades of cutting-edge experience with successful high-technology, communications, biotechnology and nanotechnology. The result: comprehensive, integrated services that can help growing businesses move quickly up the start-up curve. 

Securing Financing

We introduce our start-up clients to financing sources, both individual "angel" investors and venture capital firms, and have represented these clients in scores of venture capital financings and private placements.

Developing a Business Plan

Our attorneys provide advice on strategic, financial planning, marketing and management issues in the development of business plans that will attract potential investors. We also work objectively with companies that already have business plans in place, exploring transaction options that link to their existing plans.

Building Networks

We can provide introductions to potential strategic partners, individuals who may become outside directors, accountants who specialize in and therefore understand the needs of small and growing businesses, and other professionals such as insurance brokers and investment advisors. We are also active in and can provide introductions to members of both regional and national industry associations.

HR Basics

Start-Up Kits focus on the legal nuts and bolts of becoming an employer during the start-up phase and are particularly beneficial for the firm's many start-up clients, as the gifted entrepreneurs who get them off the ground begin to face the administrative challenges inherent in growing an idea into a successful company.