YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

When Amazon came knocking in 2009, they had been modestly profitable for only two years. They devalued the company and sold 70% of the business to private investors in 2009. Negotiating a different deal structure could have prevented the price from dropping. Also not surprisingly, they didn’t make much money.

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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.  By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « Whats Your Alternative? Lower values, higher risks?

Milwaukee 60

Milwaukee Bootstrapping Cram Down Deal Structure 60

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

It is what Seed used to be from 2009-2013, until the Seed rounds got fat and bloated and the bar for raising a Seed round became a lot higher. Q: How are most Pre-Seed deals structured? And I sincerely hope that this post does a good job of addressing what Pre-Seed really is. Q: Define Pre-Seed? Or What is Pre-Seed?

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Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Mezzanine 82

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

As all good sales VPs will tell you, the compensation plans of the sales team will drive behavior, so it is critically important that you structure the sales and account management plans to align with the key metrics of your business: CMRR, Churn, and Cash flow. ► 2009. (9). ► 03/07 - 03/14. (1). ► 02/21 - 02/28. (1).

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Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48