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

YoungUpstarts

Typically, when a financial investment plan appears to be legally sound and beneficially appealing, the deal accounts for a total of 50% of the predicted return on investment. Once a financial investment plan has been pitched, presented and approved, how can an investor make sure the ROI predictions are as close to accurate as possible?

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5 Risks Of Buying A Business And Profiting Off The Opportunities They Create

YoungUpstarts

Since every reward comes with risk, I have put together the top 3 risks I see first-time small business buyers face, the profitable opportunities they present, and the diligence to find these opportunities. The opportunity: Use this as a negotiating point when bargaining for the deal. Risk 1: The business owner IS the business.

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Keep Term Sheets Simple for Quicker Cash to Spend

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s true that Angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. Entrepreneurs sometimes assume an initial agreement with an Angel is a commitment, so they start spending before any money is received.

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A Primer on Angel Investment ‘Simple Term Sheets’

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s true that angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. Entrepreneurs sometimes assume an initial agreement with an angel is a commitment, so they start spending before any money is received.

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5 Things To Consider Before Selling To A Private Equity Firm

YoungUpstarts

These ten will be given an opportunity to meet with some subset of your management team to receive a presentation about the company in person. Those ten potential buyers will most likely be asked to present refreshed bids as part of the sales process not too long after the management presentations are completed.

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Financing Acquisitions: Keys to Structuring the Deal And Obtaining The Funding

YoungUpstarts

To safeguard your team from getting emotionally over-committed to a specific business, carefully balance the price being offered for the target, the strategic problem or opportunity it addresses, the likely near-term cash flow of the target, the integration strategy, the inherent risks and the deal structure.

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Keep Term Sheets Simple for Quicker Cash to Spend

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It’s true that angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. Entrepreneurs sometimes assume an initial agreement with an angel is a commitment, so they start spending before any money is received.