article thumbnail

Put A Coin In It! Invest In Early Stage Startups To See Maximum ROI

YoungUpstarts

Look to the company’s leadership to clarify where they’re headed and where they plan to be in a decade; at the very least, “the founder should be able to tell you the percentage of the market that they plan to capture over a specific time period and what type of growth potential they envision.”.

article thumbnail

Build Your Startup on a Vacant Domain Name

David Teten

Gary Millin, CEO of World Accelerator, said, “We recognize that we have a vast portfolio of underutilized assets in our parked domains and are actively seeking talented teams to partner with for development. Like a VC, we want to see a leadership team with vision and the ability to execute and a strong plan for the brand.

Naming 114
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Build Your Startup on a Vacant Domain Name

David Teten

Gary Millin, CEO of World Accelerator, said, “We recognize that we have a vast portfolio of underutilized assets in our parked domains and are actively seeking talented teams to partner with for development. Like a VC, we want to see a leadership team with vision and the ability to execute and a strong plan for the brand.

Naming 114
article thumbnail

10 things I wish I knew when I sold my businesses

Jeff Hilimire

With my first sale, my partners and I focused all of our attention on the details of the sale (what the valuation would be, how would it be structured, etc) and very little about what would happen with us individually. Get your senior leadership involved early. We felt the pain of that a few months after we closed the sale.

article thumbnail

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. I spoke with Thatcher Bell , Managing Partner, CoVenture. What are the terms of their relationship with the founder?