Nick Ducoff
VC/Start-Up Lawyer and Entrepreneur in Austin
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://www.andrewskurth.com... |
| Skills: | Business, Contracts, Corporate, Entrepreneurship, Incorporating, Law, Management, Marketing |
| Location: | Austin |
| Groups: | Texas Ventures |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups |
| Tags: | attorney, entrepreneur, start ups, Venture Capital |
| Schools: | Emory University, University of Texas System - Austin |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Andrews Kurth LLP |
| Position: | Associate |
| Time period: | September 2006 - Present |
| Description: | • Advised public and private companies on general corporate and securities law matters, including Delaware and Texas corporate law, and compliance with Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure requirements and corporate governance issues.
• Represented venture capital funds and issuers in private equity and debt financings, including over 20 venture capital financings worth over $130 million. • Advised clients in private to private and private to public mergers and acquisitions transactions totaling more than $100 million, including coordination of due diligence review (from both buyer’s and seller’s side). • Engaged, represented and advised numerous start-up company clients in organization, financing and general corporate matters. • Counsel for Texas Ventures, a not-for-profit University of Texas affiliated entrepreneur network and student organization that aims to provide students with micro-investments (Inducted as an honorary member, 2007). |
| Employer: | Ziff Davis Media |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Description: | Experience in drafting ERISA 404(c) plan, policing copyright and trademark rights and permissions, and assisting with general corporate counsel matters. |
| Employer: | SocialNet, Inc. |
| Position: | Co-Founder and CEO |
| Description: | Conceived, developed and launched online social networking website for law students (http://www.jdspace.com); Performed extensive market research; Compiled data and conducted focus groups; Developed business plan; Negotiated contracts with advertisers, student reps, and developers. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Texas System - Austin |
| Time period: | 2003 - 2006 |
| Degree: | JD |
| University: | Emory University |
| Time period: | 1999 - 2003 |
| Degree: | BBA |
Nick's Startups (1)
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Piryx Inc
Austin, Texas startup, Piryx Inc. empowers democracy through technology. The company’s non-partisan political software fuses technology and democracy for the masses - empowering the average political entrepreneur.
Nick is Following (6)
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Conjunctured
Conjunctured is the first Austin coworking space and where the community comes to work, play, collaborate, and innovate.
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PopScreen
PopScreen is a new and easy way for you to share and discuss videos that you and your friends find worth watching.
Nick's Contacts (4)
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Tom Serres
Business Minded - Socially Responsible - Driven by Passion - Motivated by Vision - Empowered by Technology
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Glenn Gutierrez
Interested in creating disruptive technologies that help people. I like social media and finding new ways of doing things better. Also, I could really use a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
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Naveed Lalani
Entrepreneur, Lover of Design and Technology, and Founder & Chief Interaction Officer at Piryx Inc.