YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

When Amazon came knocking in 2009, they had been modestly profitable for only two years. The price offered was high for this type of business. They devalued the company and sold 70% of the business to private investors in 2009. Questionable business model. They accepted the offer and sold the company for $1.2

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Tim Keane

AUGUST 20, 2009

» August 20, 2009. Ask any of us who've experienced significant down rounds based on some or all of these things, and one begins to understand the cautionary nature of deal structures.  the business, it will always be worth more to the entrepreneur as well as future investors, if any. 

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. However, as we know from the cable industry, subscription businesses can be very profitable over time. For a direct, enterprise sales business model, these thresholds are likely to be around $80,000-100,000 CMRR (approx. $1-1.2M Michael Kassing.

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