The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 15, 2022
In many cases, your advisor will identify key employees and create a business plan to help you find a buyer and negotiate the best price possible. However, you should be aware that some potential buyers may back out of the deal during due diligence. Identifying key employees. Source: Pixabay. Creating a business plan.
Scott Edward Walker
DECEMBER 13, 2018
The purpose of this post is briefly (i) to provide an overview of acquihires and (ii) to discuss the significant legal issues that founders must address. How is the Deal Structured? Will the Founders Receive any Purchase Price Proceeds? Why Then Do Founders Do Acquihires? What is an Acquihire?
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 13, 2013
I’m supposed to believe that my best innovation can only come from scores of startup founders who just made millions and have now become CVOs at my company? Many buying companies price these deals on the basis of $1 million per engineer on the team for an early-stage deal. Chief Vesting Officers)? The Aqui-hire Business.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
The founders sold the two year old company to eBay in 2005 for $2.6 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. . - Large market share, limited competition and high barrier to entry.
David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
intrapreneurs, e.g., the employee of GE who is tasked with launching a new business. 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. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
JUNE 27, 2011
HIM: Yeah, in fact one of my best employees doesn’t like [big company] and has threatened to leave if we do it, which would make it hard to continue this growth. Deal B gets you only 80% of your number, but comes with a six-month transition period and you’re free to start working on the next fun thing.
grasshopperherder.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
« Thanks but No Thanks – Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders Why is Cyber Squatter a Bad Word? 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.” The founder is very generous.).
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