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Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

In 2011, Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 The deal closed only four months later in August of 2012. They only had 13 employees! Negotiating a different deal structure could have prevented the price from dropping. The founders sold the two year old company to eBay in 2005 for $2.6 Low profitability. Unprofitable.

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Piercing the Corporate Veil of Sweat Equity

grasshopperherder.com

by Tristan on January 20, 2011. Some have been as co-founder, most have been as a consultant with the possibility of becoming an paid employee, “as soon as we close our funding round.” Kevin Carroll says: January 20, 2011 at 9:55 am. Tristan says: January 24, 2011 at 10:20 pm. . • ABOUT. • CONTACT.