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Jonathan Friedland is a principal at Much Shelist. He is ranked AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale.com, has been repeatedly recognized as a “SuperLawyer”, by Leading Lawyers Magazine, is rated 10/10 by AVVO, and has received numerous other accolades. He has been profiled, interviewed, and/or quoted in publications such as Buyouts Magazine; Smart Business Magazine; The M&A Journal; Inside Counsel; LAW360; Business Week.com; Dow Jones LBO Wire; and The Daily Deal. Jonathan graduated from the State University of New York at Albany, magna cum laude, in 1991 (after three years of study) and from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1994. Jonathan is also an active angel, venture capitalist, and private equity investor, and is the founder and publisher of DailyDAC.com and Financial Poise.com. Click here to see his full biography.

Authored Articles

• Merchant Cash Advances & Your Business – Just Say No
  (Published on February 27, 2023)
• Libel, Slander, Cyber Smear, & Defamation – A Nuts & Bolts Primer
  (Published on January 23, 2023)
• Business Transition and Exit Planning: Welcome to the Jungle!
  (Published on January 6, 2023)
• Losing Power at Home: A Personal Struggle
  (Published on December 20, 2022)
• ‘Know Thy Numbers’ Installment #3: Types of Financial Statements
  (Published on November 29, 2022)
• Know Thy Numbers Installment #2 – Accounting Principles in a Nutshell
  (Published on November 16, 2022)
• 90-Second Lesson: How to Raise Money for Your Start-Up
  (Published on November 14, 2022)
• ‘Know Thy Numbers’ Installment #1 – Welcome to the Jungle, Series Introduction
  (Published on November 2, 2022)
• Green Investment Lessons from a Zombie Apocalypse
  (Published on October 26, 2022)
• Investing Basics for Beginners Installment #5: Understanding the Players in the Stock Market “Game”
  (Published on July 27, 2022)
• Investing Basics for Beginners Installment #4: Why Invest in Public Companies?
  (Published on July 13, 2022)
• Investing Basics for Beginners Installment #3: Never Put All Your Eggs in One Basket
  (Published on March 2, 2022)
• Investing Basics For Beginners Installment #2: Investing is Risky But Not Investing is Riskier
  (Published on January 17, 2022)
• What to Do When Your Company May Be Insolvent
  (Published on January 5, 2022)
• Investing Basics For Beginners Installment #1: What is Stock? And Should You Buy Some?
  (Published on December 3, 2021)
• Tesla is Not a Car Company: Evaluating a Market Pioneer
  (Published on February 18, 2021)
• 90-Second Lesson: How Does a Private Equity Fund Work? Explaining Sponsors, General Partners and Limited Partners
  (Published on December 7, 2020)
• ‘Know Thy Numbers’ Installment #4- Cash is King: Cash Gap and Working Capital
  (Published on November 17, 2020)
• Flex: Reading for Employees to Increase Knowledge and Flexibility in the Workplace
  (Published on October 14, 2020)
• The First Mover Disadvantage: Why the Early Bird Doesn’t Always Catch the Worm
  (Published on August 15, 2020)
• Maybe It’s Time for a Gap Year: Will Traditional College Be Worth the Cost in a Post-COVID World?
  (Published on August 5, 2020)
• Accredited Investor Installment #13: Closing Thoughts
  (Published on May 18, 2020)
• The Doctor and the Drug Dealer: A Parable of Registered Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers
  (Published on March 30, 2020)
• You Will Survive! How Your Business Will Survive Coronavirus – a Crisis Management Plan
  (Published on March 18, 2020)
• Revising the Accredited Investor Standard
  (Published on February 25, 2020)
• Alternative Assets and the “Average” Accredited Investor Installment #12: Tangible Investments
  (Published on January 7, 2020)
• Alternative Assets and the “Average” Accredited Investor Installment #11: Investment in Hedge Funds
  (Published on December 5, 2019)
• Alternative Assets and the “Average” Accredited Investor Installment #10: Private Equity, aka PE Investments
  (Published on August 27, 2019)
• Surviving the Apocalypse with Alternative Assets
  (Published on August 1, 2019)
• Alternative Assets and the “Average” Accredited Investor Installment #9: Venture Capital Investing
  (Published on June 13, 2019)
• Alternative Assets and the “Average” Accredited Investor Installment #8: Venture Capital and Angel Investing
  (Published on May 17, 2019)
• Alternative Assets and the “Average” Accredited Investor Installment #4
  (Published on April 18, 2019)
• Alternative Assets and the “Average” Accredited Investor Installment #3
  (Published on March 1, 2019)
• Alternative Assets and the “Average” Accredited Investor Installment #2
  (Published on January 31, 2019)
• Alternative Assets and the “Average” Accredited Investor Installment #1
  (Published on December 14, 2018)
• So. Much. Winning. Let’s Party Like It’s 1984
  (Published on December 8, 2018)
• You Cannot Eat or Drink Gold
  (Published on January 12, 2018)
• Thought Leadership Opportunities: Don’t Pay to Give Yourself Away
  (Published on November 3, 2017)
• What a Racket: Tales of Equifax, Experian and TransUnion
  (Published on September 12, 2017)
• More Venting About the ‘Democratizing’ of Investing
  (Published on September 20, 2016)
• Donald Trump and Defeating the Threat to America
  (Published on July 1, 2016)

Webinars

• The Intersection of Bankruptcy and the UCC
  (Published on June 30, 2022)
• The Intersection of Bankruptcy and…Labor/Employment Law 2022
  (Published on March 31, 2022)
• Buying a Business -101 – 2022
  (Published on February 10, 2022)
• Bad Debtor Owes Me Money! 2021
  (Published on October 21, 2021)
• Opportunity Amidst Crisis- Buying Distressed Assets, Claims, and Securities for Fun & Profit 2021
  (Published on September 23, 2021)
• Help, My Business is In Trouble! 2021
  (Published on August 12, 2021)
• The Nuts & Bolts of a 363 Motion 2021
  (Published on March 24, 2021)
• The Nuts & Bolts of a Chapter 11 Plan 2021
  (Published on February 24, 2021)
• Negotiating an M&A Deal 2020
  (Published on December 3, 2020)
• Post-Closing Issues: Integration & Potential Buyer/Seller Disputes 2020
  (Published on November 5, 2020)
• Bad Debtor Owes Me Money! 2020
  (Published on October 14, 2020)
• The M&A Process 2020
  (Published on October 1, 2020)
• Opportunity Amidst Crisis- Buying Distressed Assets, Claims, and Securities for Fun & Profit 2020
  (Published on September 16, 2020)
• Key Provisions in M&A Agreements 2020
  (Published on September 3, 2020)
• Help, My Business is In Trouble! 2020
  (Published on August 19, 2020)
• Structuring and Planning the M&A Transaction 2020
  (Published on July 23, 2020)
• Due Diligence Before Investing
  (Published on May 7, 2019)
• Opportunity Amidst Crisis – Buying Distressed Assets, Claims, and Securities for Fun & Profit 2019
  (Published on April 16, 2019)
• Capital Raising
  (Published on April 9, 2019)
• Help, My Business is In Trouble! 2019
  (Published on March 19, 2019)
• Basics of Fund Formation
  (Published on March 5, 2019)
• Goal Based Investing — Planning for Key Life Events 2019
  (Published on February 21, 2019)
• What is a “Private Fund?”
  (Published on February 5, 2019)
• Growing Your Practice
  (Published on January 15, 2019)