YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2019

The employees depend on their expertise and training. 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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Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 4, 2014

It’s easy to get caught up in the dollar signs and deal structure and overlook this important step in the process. Be as open as you can when communicating with your employees. There is only so much you can share with your employees when working on an acquisition of your business. This is a tricky one.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The government, for example, often defines small business by the number of employees. because a main street business creates the connotation in our head of that small mom and pop kind of business, maybe with a few employees. Let's talk about some of the deal structures you've seen. So I like the term main Street.

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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.

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