Business Model
A frequently misused business jargon term. A business model is …
Category: Venture Capital
California Labor Code Section 2870-2872
An important provision of the California Labor Code governing shop …
Call Option
The right to buy an asset at a fixed-maximum price …
Capital Asset Pricing Model
A method of pricing an asset such as share or …
Capital Call
When venture capital providers commit funds to a business, the …
Cash Call, Cash Round
Many companies, especially start up companies, can ask their shareholders …
Class A Bug (Fault), Class B Bug, Class C Bug
Software bugs, (i.e., faults) are often classified in software or …
Clean Search Report
A patent prior art search report that contains no X-References …
Closing
Legal and financial jargon for the execution of a legal …
Colorable/Colourable Argument/Claim
A legal argument or assertion of fact that is not …
Consolidation Threshold
International Accounting Standards (IAS) and U.S. GAAP require that a …
Cram Down
The massive dilution of the shareholdings of investors who participated …
CVQ, CV [writer] Quotient
A key measure of whether employees are still “drinking the …
Death-Ray? Where’s the
Joke sometimes used in reference to [Lack of] Enablement as in …
Delaware General Corporation Law
Originally enacted in 1898, the DGCL is one of the …