The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2022

There are many benefits of selling your startup through a mergers and acquisitions advisor. 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. Identifying key employees. Source: Pixabay. Creating a business plan.

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Merger Acquisition Due Diligence Valuation 130

YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2019

Why start from scratch when you can get a great deal on what someone else started? In today’s sexy startup culture, buying an existing business has lost its vogue. The employees depend on their expertise and training. The opportunity: Use this as a negotiating point when bargaining for the deal.

Due Diligence 185

Due Diligence Forecast Deal Structure Valuation 185

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

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

For the past 5 years or so Google, Facebook and a handful of tech industry giants have been quietly buying scores of early-stage startups for their talent. 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? Go do a startup.

Liquidation Preference 357

Liquidation Preference Early Stage Retention Lock-up Period 357

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

For years, the most desirable exit strategy for startup companies was to go public through an initial public offering. Today, many startups are succumbing to the temptation to sell their companies early. A review of recent case studies from similar startups may make this decision a little easier. They only had 13 employees!

IPO 162

IPO Exit Strategy San Francisco Startup 162

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 27, 2011

There are plenty of folks who wouldn’t sell their company for a billion dollars; Jason Fried and Joel Spolsky are public examples from the bootstrapped startup world. What if someone offered you a million dollars for your startup, right now, check in hand — would you take it? Do you prefer Deal B? Most, but not all.

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Sales Term Sheet Stock Deal Structure 235

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