| |  Deal Structure + Employee | 13 articles |
| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | | | CHRIS DIXON SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 Notes on the acquisition process What you tell employees is particularly tricky. Being open with employees can lead to press leaks and can annoy acquirers. Moreover, some public companies insist that you don’t talk to employees until the deal is closed or almost closed. Certain terms beyond price can be deal killers. The earlier the better. | | | | | |
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YOUNGUPSTARTS | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012  Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup
This deal-of-the-day service was founded in November 2008 and quickly became a sensation. 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 begs the question. Here are a few to consider. MORE >> -
TAFFY WILLIAMS | TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2013  Entrepreneurs experience piling on
Developing great business deals when multiple companies want to partner allows for optimization of the deal structure to provide the maximum return. Employees can become unhappy with management or feel compensation or conditions are unfair. Dealing with the negative events becomes crisis management and survival. MORE >> -
GROWTHINK BLOG | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2010 Selling Your Business: An Interview with Louis Crosier
While you can listen to the interview yourself here , two of my favorite points were as follows: -1- Your choice of corporate structure (e.g., Fortunately, you can, for the most part, change your corporate structure down the road. Are there key employees? Click here to listen to the interview and/or download the transcript. MORE >> -
GRASSHOPPERHERDER.COM | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011  Piercing the Corporate Veil of Sweat Equity
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.” Three Card Monty Corporate Structures. This is my least favorite thing in the world, being offered sweat equity in a corporate structure that is unnecessarily convoluted. MORE >> -
TAFFY WILLIAMS | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011 Dialing for Dollars
Thesehighly experienced people are some of the best employees you may ever havebecause they may work for equity, provide the much needed skill sets, and theyserve as mentors for your startup. Having a business advisorand a great corporate counsel is important to the final deals structure. These dealscan take many forms. MORE >>
- in search of.the ideal term sheet SEED STAGE CAPITAL | MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009
- Goldman Sachs / SEC: political witch-hunting is no way to change a market FRED DESTIN | SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2010
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