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5 Things To Consider Before Selling To A Private Equity Firm

YoungUpstarts

After researching and evaluating further, you’ll select someone to represent you in the sale of your company. They will help you get the business ready for sale by creating marketing material, and then once ready, the process will begin. In today’s world, it’s fairly common to run a limited sale process.

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Knowledge Is Power: Convertible Note Financing Terms, Part IV

Gust

For convertible notes, the only liquidity event we need be concerned with is an acquisition of the startup in the near future, before the maturity date; otherwise, the notes will convert to equity of one kind or another, and the eventual sale of that equity (in a public offering, acquisition, or private sale) is a different subject for another day.

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How to value your company for sale (Part 2)

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

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. ME: Sure, but maybe that competitor would further validate and grow the market, which could increase your sales and make you even more attractive to a buyer! Where to start? ME: How so? Where to start?

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