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.

Due Diligence 185

Due Diligence Forecast Deal Structure Valuation 185

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

If you give $2 million for 20% of a company ($8 million pre + $2 million investment = $10 million post-money valuation) that has no product and no customers and it turns around 3 months later and sells for $5 million it would hardly be fair for investor to get $1 million back (20% of the proceeds). I know many rank-and-file employees.

Liquidation Preference 357

Liquidation Preference Early Stage Retention Lock-up Period 357

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

And that's when you open the Pandora's box of getting into process, procedure, methodology is the, you know, everything in the business running through that owner is the owner, got his hands on, you know, every deal, every sale. So we could go, we could spend the rest of our time talking about valuation. So I like the term main Street.

Technical Review 80

Technical Review Wisconsin Non-disclosure Agreement Salary 80

grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

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.” All names redacted.). Valuations. It’s often made worse because some clever people like to name the corporations very similarly. That seemed high to me.

Sweat Equity 41

Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41