James Smith of Lebarge Weinstein, is a partner that has worked extensively in the Ottawa, Toronto, and Waterloo technology communities since 1998. His practice focuses on corporate, securities and commercial law, and has included public and private financings and mergers and acquisitions transactions for a broad range of emerging enterprises. James works exclusively with startups now. The firm is in Canada but they routinely work with startups that work across the borders. Do you think people in Ottawa will take offense to reference “Canada is like the 51st state”? You will have to watch the video to see what I mean. James explains why monitazation is not the most important fact in getting a startup funded, as well as answering some great questions from the chat room. If you listen closely james almost lays out a business startup checklist. Tune in, check it out, and learn