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Sell Your Startup with a Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor

The Startup Magazine

However, you should be aware that some potential buyers may back out of the deal during due diligence. An advisor knows how to structure a deal so that the net proceeds are higher, and can help you minimize taxes and other expenses. In order to reduce the stress, hiring an M&A advisor will be invaluable.

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How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?

Startup Professionals Musings

People are even talking about “decacorns" -- investable companies with net worth now exceeding $10 billion -- like Dropbox and Pinterest. After viewing your slide deck, if investors are still interested in your startup, they will ask for a deep-dive meeting to drill in on any hard questions before commencing due diligence.

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5 Things You Must Do Before Starting a Business

The Startup Magazine

Keep in mind that when starting out, it might be challenging to hire for the different roles required to keep your business afloat. If this is the case, you need to do a proper audit of your net worth, credit card debt, available savings. Starting a business without a firm handle on your finances is a sure recipe for disaster.

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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

Both Sides of the Table

Or if you’re a VC raising from LPs you have to list all of your deals, your investment value, your carrying value, your multiples, your IRRs, TVPIs, DPIs, etc along with net cashflows plus your previous LPAs. These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.”

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Are You Ready for Equity Based Crowdfunding?

Up and Running

Hire Attorneys and Accountants. The proposed equity crowdfunding rules limit each person’s total securities purchased per 12 month period in crowdfunding securities offerings—and these limits vary based on the person’s annual income or net worth. Hire Attorneys and Accountants. When your business hires accountants, establish 1.)

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How Much Funding Should You Raise?

Up and Running

The net effect of raising too little funding is that the company runs out of money and all growth comes to a grinding halt. Receiving more funding often means more due diligence and having to accept higher control provisions from investors. Whatever the case, the business is left in limbo. The urge to spend.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

The mode purpose for funding is (in order of frequency) Sales, Marketing, Market Expansion, Product Development, and Hiring Employees. Founder Earnings = Net Income + any amount of founders’ salaries over a certain threshold. The average monthly operating expenses is $70,335. The average cash balance is $191,164. Apply for funding.

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