Business Model Deal Structure Employee Valuation 
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
. - 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.
grasshopperherder.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 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.” Valuations. I was approached with one sweat equity offer that placed the valuation of the company at >$5 million pre-money and before even a seed round of funding.
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