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. Creating a business plan.

Merger 130

Merger Acquisition Due Diligence Valuation 130

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The audio destination for business professionals host Jason Bay, dives in with leading sales experts and top performing reps to share actionable tips and strategies to help you land more meetings with your ideal clients. 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

YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2019

They make all the sales. 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. The diligence: Interview customers, vendors, and employees.

Due Diligence 185

Due Diligence Forecast Deal Structure Valuation 185

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 27, 2011

ME: Sure, but maybe that competitor would further validate and grow the market, which could increase your sales and make you even more attractive to a buyer! 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.

Sales 235

Sales Term Sheet Stock Deal Structure 235

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

by Christopher Wallace, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Amsterdam Printing. This deal-of-the-day service was founded in November 2008 and quickly became a sensation. In lieu of the sale, they elected to go public and the $20 IPO share price initially valued Groupon at $13 billion. They only had 13 employees!

IPO 162

IPO Exit Strategy San Francisco Startup 162

Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 4, 2014

When selling my first company, we worked so hard on the process of the sale that we inadvertently slacked off on business development (i.e. We felt the pain of that a few months after we closed the sale. Think past the sale itself. Be as open as you can when communicating with your employees. getting new clients).

Private Equity 61

Private Equity Acquisition Deal Structure Sales 61

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.” Valuations. I was approached with one sweat equity offer that placed the valuation of the company at >$5 million pre-money and before even a seed round of funding.

Sweat Equity 41

Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41