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The Dos And Don’ts Of Selling Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

The government, for example, often defines small business by the number of employees. They're gonna separate out that leader's role, the salary, and they're gonna say, you know, that's a separate kind of expense for the leadership position, and they're gonna look at EBITDA cash flow. (05:37): So, that's a great question.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

I’ve been looking for suggestions for an initial deal structure that is appropriate for the theoretical case of a trusted dev shop putting in $100k in market-value of services over a 6 month period in time. Many industries are very difficult to penetrate from the outside, e.g. healthcare, education, government services, and more.