YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2019

But every year thousands of entrepreneurs become millionaires by buying and growing businesses without the startup headaches of venture capitalists, zero revenue, and no business processes. If the business IS the business owner, then that person needs to be part of the deal. The diligence: Interview customers, vendors, and employees.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2018

And, namely, they pique the interests of those in the private capital markets. Think of financing an acquisition as an exercise with two parts that work in concert: 1) structuring a desired deal with a suitable target and 2) obtaining the funding. A desired deal meets the needs of the buyer, the seller and the funding sources.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

There are a now a handful of funds, K9 included, that are Pre-Seed funds in name and practice. Yes, the infrastructure is cheap (to start), but the human costs have gone up dramatically. Seed is the new Series A. (~$2M used get for building product, establishing product-market fit and early revenue). Those times are long gone.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

07:47): Well, where are they gonna get the rest of the money and what's that gonna cost them? Let's talk about some of the deal structures you've seen. And that's gonna cost me money. You know, it's gonna be very broad, but what you should see is you should see the annual revenue number and the cash flow. (20:06):

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. In exchange for equity, we discount the project cost, which is already low because we offshore most of our development, by 10-15%.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

All names redacted.). I think it’s difficult, if not impossible, to value a pre-revenue company with any reasonable accuracy. The company did have some revenue and paying users, but not enough to make any judgement on the company’s future prospects. The company with all the revenue is Company C. Valuations.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

For now, Sunil answers the question of why leave a well paying corporate job to become an online entrepreneur… My name is Sunil and the title of this blog post refers to me. Establishing this website cost me less than $2,000 and a ton of man hours, headaches and heart burns to go with it. Same as above.

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