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Sell Your Startup with a Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor

The Startup Magazine

Deal structure is equally important, and the right advisor can make all the difference in negotiating the best deal for your startup. An advisor knows how to structure a deal so that the net proceeds are higher, and can help you minimize taxes and other expenses.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

This single number is the key to determine your level of sales and marketing investment and is very simple to calculate by looking at a quarterly GAAP P&L: you just have to divide the annualized net gross margin added during the quarter by the sales and marketing costs of the previous quarter. Philippe Botteri. Bessemer SaaS Law # 4.

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How to value your company for sale (Part 2)

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Net net,&# some people say. One of the best ways to arm yourself going into negotiations is to know this number and be prepared to blow up the entire deal if it cannot be met. That means you have to be that sure that that’s the number, regardless of deal structure. That’s post-tax, post earn-out.

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Knowledge Is Power: Convertible Note Financing Terms, Part V

Gust

Having come to the end of our overview series, I’ll discuss some of the pros and cons of different deal structures, more recent innovations such as Series Seed documents, and other variations in future posts.

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