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Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

. - Questionable business model. 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. This company has been one of the more amazing buyout success stories. Unique social networking product.

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Piercing the Corporate Veil of Sweat Equity

grasshopperherder.com

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.” While it’s flattering that someone might think I’m capable of immediately grasping all the complexities of the business instantly, it’s a bit unrealistic.