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5 Risks Of Buying A Business And Profiting Off The Opportunities They Create

YoungUpstarts

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. The employees depend on their expertise and training. The opportunity: Use this as a negotiating point when bargaining for the deal.

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The Dos And Don’ts Of Selling Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

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.

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How to value your company for sale (Part 2)

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

ME: Of course getting tied up with that might distract you from other growth opportunities, and sometimes buyers don’t like that you’re dependent on another company for revenue. 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.

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Piercing the Corporate Veil of Sweat Equity

grasshopperherder.com

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.” Valuations. I think it’s difficult, if not impossible, to value a pre-revenue company with any reasonable accuracy. If you think I’m wrong, awesome.