View from Seed
OCTOBER 21, 2014
Sharing these pricing expectations early with potential lead investors fundamentally qualifies your conversations, but it also runs the risk of prematurely losing a potential financing partner, or else it can reduce options to maximize your fundraise outcome. Lower-Than-Market Value. Market Value. Above-Market Value.
Genuine VC
JULY 30, 2012
Sharing these expectations early in potential lead investor discussions fundamentally qualifies the conversations, but it also runs the risk of prematurely losing a potential financing partner or reducing options to maximize a financing process outcome. Above market.
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 9, 2019
The investment banker or advisor you hire will help you market your company and find potential buyers. They will help you get the business ready for sale by creating marketing material, and then once ready, the process will begin. They will usually outreach to potential buyers with a short teaser to gauge interest.
David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
I’ve been looking for suggestions for an initial deal structure that is appropriate for the theoretical case of a trusted dev shop putting in $100k in market-value of services over a 6 month period in time. Accounting for those resources as “investment” at fair market value is a pretty straightforward way to value contribution.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
JUNE 27, 2011
The conversation went like this: HIM: They offered me $X, but I wonder whether I could make the same money if I just kept the company. Or what if we have another stock market collapse or if they shoot down a plane over California? That means you have to be that sure that that’s the number, regardless of deal structure.
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