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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

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The Aqui-hire Business. If you give $2 million for 20% of a company ($8 million pre + $2 million investment = $10 million post-money valuation) that has no product and no customers and it turns around 3 months later and sells for $5 million it would hardly be fair for investor to get $1 million back (20% of the proceeds).

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Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Questions to Ask Before You Join a Startup

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What is the post-money valuation of your last round? Post-money valuation” is the value of the company after the last round of money was put in (again, lines of credit and promises don’t count). like Frugal Bon Vivant 461 days ago Loving the new blog look, Mint! Thanks for the list. You rock Guy.