YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

by Christopher Wallace, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Amsterdam Printing. This deal-of-the-day service was founded in November 2008 and quickly became a sensation. In lieu of the sale, they elected to go public and the $20 IPO share price initially valued Groupon at $13 billion. Unique social networking product.

IPO 162

IPO Exit Strategy San Francisco Startup 162

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Posted by Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Investment in small businesses require knowledge of transactions and the related aspects such as business valuation, due diligence, deal structuring / financing, contracts, etc. Not to mention the quarter million dollar sale of the business as our exit. Why did we decide to sell the business?

Internet 80

Internet Technical Review Stock Due Diligence 80