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John Marlow is a founding partner of Entrepreneurs Law Group, LLP, a boutique law firm based in San Francisco specializing in corporate, securities, tax, real estate and intellectual property matters. John was formerly a partner in the San Francisco office of Reed Smith LLP, a 1,000 attorney, international, full-service law firm. John has represented several private institutional, venture capital funds and individual investors structure purchase and investment transactions, including the formation of venture funds / limited partnerships and other investment vehicles and with the preparation of private placement memorandums and subscription documents. John has also assisted hundreds of entrepreneurs start businesses and has represented several private companies in a broad range of industries. John’s legal practice focuses on corporate, securities, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions and licensing matters both domestically and internationally. John is currently general counsel to several high-technology companies and investment firms, including RingCentral (telecommunications), Monsoon MultiMedia (digital video), PureSense Environmental (Environmental Monitoring Technologies) and, BeverageMetrics (wireless hospitality). For several years, John served on the Board of Directors and Investment Advisory Board of the San Francisco Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, one of the oldest and most respected business training centers and incubators in the United States. John also has served as legal counsel to the Oakland Communications and Technology Cluster and the Alameda Center for Environmental Technologies, two business and technology incubators in the San Francisco/Bay Area. John has been a lecturer on venture capital finance and corporate law at the Business School of San Francisco State University and has been an invited speaker at the annual national conference of the National Business Incubation Association on several occasions. John is also an advisor to, and board member of several private companies. John is a member of the State Bar of California and received his J.D. degree from Boalt Hall School of Law (U.C., Berkeley), and his B.A., summa cum laude, from Colgate University. In 2002, John was appointed to the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California and was a contributing editor of the Report to Organizing a California Corporation. | 