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How to value your company for sale (Part 2)

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

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. It’s not the number, it’s the whole term sheet. Would you take a lower “number&# to get Deal B? Do you prefer Deal B?

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Piercing the Corporate Veil of Sweat Equity

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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.” As such, you should make sure to think of the proposals as an investor and get a reasonable term sheet. ” Again, this has been very generous and flattering.