The webinar series ‘Embracing global markets’ supports European small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups to innovate and expand in Asia, Africa and the Americas. The webinars are hosted by experts of various European Commission services and the 'Enterprise Europe Network', the world's largest business service provider.

Who should attend?

The webinar aims at European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups (ready to scale internationally), beneficiaries or holders of seals of excellence of the European Innovation Council, European clusters and cluster managers, business advisers of the Enterprise Europe Network and other European business support organisations, including all stakeholders of the ‘Friends of EEN’ initiative.

Learning objectives

The webinar provides an overview on the legal framework and regulations when opening a start-up in the United States including:

• the U.S. startup environment, start-up communities across the US, the fundamentals and challenges of building a startup in the U.S
• VCs and other funding options; things you should know about ‘cross-border startups’, the U.S. landscape of funding options for early stage companies – friends and family, incubators, VC investors, debt providers, what you need to know when looking for funding and working with U.S. investors
• tax issues as they relate to incorporating and fundraising; ways to incorporate your business in the U.S. and the tax implications of investing through a C corporation, Subsidiary, LLC, or a Partnership
• the 10 key legal issues to consider when entering or operating in the US market