grIP founder Jed Weiner and grIP Pitch Night Director Christine Li-AuYeung co-led the session “The Oxford Experience and Entrepreneurship” at the Oxford global alumni meeting Meeting of the Minds on April 14, 2021.

In March 2021, Virginia enacted the Consumer Data Protection Act (Virginia Act), making Virginia the only state other than California to enact comprehensive data privacy laws. Businesses operating in Virginia should review their current privacy policies and protocols to comply with the Virginia Act. Businesses will have time to prepare, as the new law will take effect on January 1, 2023.

The current state of sustainable regulation and public policy in the United States is evolving rapidly. There is an active normative formation regarding disclosure. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is stepping up its oversight of sustainable/ESG related regulation. Policymakers have placed themselves on a path to require extensive disclosures from listed companies, and they are hoping that markets demand more aggressive targets. The dynamic is expected to take 18-24 months to unfold.

Fund investors should be aware that waivers of fiduciary duties in limited liability are enforceable under Delaware law.

Data scientists are usually considered to be a highly technical group, but the very best data scientists are actually the best storytellers. They produce not simply pots or analyses, but narratives. Appreciation for this ability is growing, and increasingly being labelled as “data storytelling.”

grIP Venture Studio is expanding its marketing team to include publicity and strategic communications specialist Lauren Banyar Reich to complement our branding and marketing specialists. In addition, we have added seasoned political risk expert Chris Oates to assist our clients facing regulatory and policy opportunities and risks, as well as clients entering new markets.

grIP Pitch Night Director Christine Li-AuYeung gave a presentation to the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum (DEF) Cornerstone Series titled “Learn how to be an early employee at a startup” on February 25, 2021.

grIP Fundraising, Fintech and Healthcare Advisor Chris Campbell is a frequent guest commentator on national news programs on matters involving the economy. This month he was invited on the BBC World News on 8 March 2021 to speak about the contents of the Coronovirus relief bill passed by the US Congress on March 9, 2021.

grIP Advisor Michael Lewittes gave a presentation to the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum Cornerstone Series titled “Learn all About Search Engine Optimization” on March 17, 2021.

There is no doubt that, after the past 12 months, the need to constantly adapt to changing internal and external demands has been a full-time occupation (and preoccupation) for most organizations, resulting in “resilience” being elevated to buzzword status.