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5 Risks Of Buying A Business And Profiting Off The Opportunities They Create

YoungUpstarts

The opportunity: Use this as a negotiating point when bargaining for the deal. If the business IS the business owner, then that person needs to be part of the deal. Structure the buy-out to include an employment contract or consulting agreement, as well as an earn-out.

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Financing Acquisitions: Keys to Structuring the Deal And Obtaining The Funding

YoungUpstarts

To safeguard your team from getting emotionally over-committed to a specific business, carefully balance the price being offered for the target, the strategic problem or opportunity it addresses, the likely near-term cash flow of the target, the integration strategy, the inherent risks and the deal structure.

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When Should Startup Founders Discuss Valuation with Seed VCs?

View from Seed

They’ll therefore systematically seek to invest in startups at the lowest cost-basis possible. As a funding conversation progresses from initial to subsequent meetings, the topics of round structure and pricing become much more natural.

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Signaling Pricing Expectations Early in Seed Investment Discussions

Genuine VC

This handful of people is extremely and unabashedly cheap, as they’re fully self-aware of their role within the funding ecosystem and are accordingly systematically seeking to invest in startups at the lowest cost-basis possible.

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10 Tips for Startups Raising Money from Angels

VC Cafe

Are your costs per acquisition going up or down with scale? Deal structure – I could write a full post just on this, but some aspects that were brought up are the need to agree on a reasonable valuation, what investment vehicles are used (convertible debt vs stock, options and warrants and other non-dilutive mechanisms).

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Build Your Startup on a Vacant Domain Name

David Teten

If we find the right partner, we can be flexible in deal structures to best align everyone’s interests. Development Term : During the length of the term for developing the company: Low cost quarterly or annual payments made to the domain owner. However, a.com domain name costs under $10 per year to maintain.

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Build Your Startup on a Vacant Domain Name

David Teten

If we find the right partner, we can be flexible in deal structures to best align everyone’s interests. Development Term : During the length of the term for developing the company: Low cost quarterly or annual payments made to the domain owner. However, a.com domain name costs under $10 per year to maintain.

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