David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

Similarly, we have an ongoing program to introduce our companies to later-round VCs, and have more credibility in presenting our companies to other investors than an independent investment banker would have. A more sophisticated way to do this: calculate your internal ratios , e.g., your Customer Acquisition Cost and Lifetime Value.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

The new investors you need at this stage are investment bankers, private equity, or competitors, to buy you out via merger or acquisition (M&A), or to go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO). “The ride has been fun, but I need my money out to start the next big thing.”

Angel Investor 184

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 184

Scott Edward Walker

MAY 27, 2020

Discuss the necessity of an investment banker with legal counsel (see this post here and tip #7 here ). Include a non-reliance provision in the acquisition agreement (see tip #3 here ). . Execute a confidentiality agreement with each potential buyer (see mistake #1 here and this post here ). The post Selling Your Company?

New York City 59

New York City Investment Bankers New York Acquisition 59

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Since 2015, her company, Barney, has guided over 150 media, marketing & tech companies through acquisitions. 10:25] Are you seeing anybody selling parts of their companies rather than an entire acquisition? [11:19] So yeah, I just recognized, gosh, there's this huge gap above a business broker below an investment banker.

Entrepreneur 79

Entrepreneur Technical Review Cofounder Valuation 79

Feld Thoughts

MAY 12, 2014

The people in the room are the founders of the company, the executives, the board members, other major investors, the lawyers who worked on the deal, and the investment bankers – if any were involved. The wine is expensive and the toasts are many. I’ve been to more of these than I can remember. This is a #BoulderWin.

Colorado 160

Colorado Investment Bankers Acquisition Community 160

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Expensive new IT systems, consultants, and investment bankers are usually required. With the more popular Merger & Acquisition (M&A) exit strategy, the control stays with the new entity. Increasing government regulations.

IPO 224

IPO Founder Exit Strategy Investment Bankers 224

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Expensive new IT systems, consultants, and investment bankers are usually required. With the more popular Merger & Acquisition (M&A) exit strategy, the control stays with the new entity. Increasing government regulations.

Exit Strategy 239

Exit Strategy IPO Investment Bankers Entrepreneur 239

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

The new investors you need at this stage are investment bankers, private equity, or competitors, to buy you out via merger or acquisition (M&A), or to go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO). “The ride has been fun, but I need my money out to start the next big thing.”

Angel Investor 232

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 232

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

This is the final stage of investment in venture opportunities, and is the point where investors expect to see the return and gain from the original investment. At this stage, you need investment bankers to negotiate a merger or acquisition (M&A), go private, or help you go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

Investment Bankers 241

Investment Bankers Venture Capital Startup Initial Public Offering 241

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2011

Expensive new IT systems, consultants, and investment bankers are usually required. With the more popular Merger & Acquisition (M&A) exit strategy, the control stays with the new entity. Increasing government regulations.

Exit Strategy 235

Exit Strategy IPO Investment Bankers Entrepreneur 235

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

The new investors you need at this stage are investment bankers, private equity, or competitors, to buy you out via merger or acquisition (M&A), or to go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO). “The ride has been fun, but I need my money out to start the next big thing.”

Matching 120

Matching Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers 120

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 23, 2021

For example, if you haven’t achieved product-market fit, instrumenting every aspect of customer acquisition is overkill. I’ve seen entrepreneurs make the mistake of focusing all their efforts on customer acquisition when they also needed to fix a leaky funnel or customer churn. Just track metrics that help you improve the product.

Venture Capital 46

Venture Capital Metrics Investment Bankers Framework 46

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2010

This is the final stage of investment in venture opportunities, and is the point where investors expect to see the return and gain from the original investment. At this stage, you need investment bankers to negotiate a merger or acquisition (M&A), go private, or help you go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

Investment Bankers 231

Investment Bankers Venture Capital Startup Initial Public Offering 231

Gust

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

This is the final stage of investment in venture opportunities, and is the point where investors expect to see the return and gain from the original investment. At this stage, you need investment bankers to negotiate a merger or acquisition (M&A), go private, or help you go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

Venture Capital 171

Venture Capital Investment Bankers Angel Investor Initial Public Offering 171

Scott Edward Walker

APRIL 16, 2014

Indeed, this is the first of many transaction documents that will need to be negotiated, with the letter of intent and the acquisition agreement to follow. This is the time-frame when the seller (or his investment banker) should be creating a competitive environment, and potential buyers/bidders should be played off of each other.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Acquisition New York City Non-Compete 101

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 8, 2015

Some purchases are strategic acquisitions – your office cleaning company (with its client list and equipment) is attractive to a home cleaning business looking to expand. Get an investment banker or a business broker to handle the sale with you. Your business is your baby.

Intellectual Property 60

Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Exit Strategy Sales 60

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

The acquisition of hundreds of social media contacts and endless but superficial networking have replaced the cultivation of deep, meaningful relationships with clients, colleagues, and even with friends and family. There’s the story of an investment banker who arrives at his client’s office in the middle of a large deal.

Investment Bankers 145

Investment Bankers Social Media Networking Lean 145

Feld Thoughts

JULY 7, 2010

As I’ve written before, software patents amount to an innovation tax, transferring wealth from people who build things and make stuff to investment bankers, hedge funders, and, most of all, patent prosecutors and litigators. The tax situation and cost of living in, say, South America, is much better than in the U.S. currently.

Software 132

Software IP South America Investment Bankers 132

onstartups.com

JULY 11, 2012

homerun acquisitions and; b) do follow-on investments (pro-rata or more) often through multiple rounds and; c) invest in game-changing ideas that are incredibly risky; d) wait for companies to eventually get sold to see a return. And now that I've gotten to know the Angel community, it turns out I wasn't alone.

Angel Investor 77

Angel Investor Dilution Investment Bankers Valuation 77

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Strategic buyers look for managerial talent, intellectual property, geographic expansion, an extension into adjacent markets – and more – that will be achieved with the acquisition of your company.

Intellectual Property 240

Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Acquisition Forecast 240

Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

” The story includes quotes from former National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) chairman Dixon Doll of DCM and investment banker Paul Deninger, who is the vice-chairman of Jefferies & Co. ”, written by Mark Veverka, asserting that “venture capitalists want to widen the playing field for the underwriters.”

IPO 40

IPO Merger Institutional Investors Venture Capital 40

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 10, 2011

But who do you think makes those acquisition decisions? Far too many of these acquisitions go nowhere. Back in my IMVU days, I met with an investment banker who wanted to help us understand the M&A landscape. The tech press loves to celebrate when startups get acquired, and founders make lots of money.

Silicon Valley 167

Silicon Valley San Francisco Lean Investment Bankers 167

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Derek Manuge, CEO, says that “Corl evaluates startups by assessing the risk-adjusted return of an investment based on over 500 metrics across financial (300+), banking (75+), payment (75+), marketing (25+), and team information (25+). 10) Report.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Out of college, he briefly worked as an investment banker in New York, but before long heard the siren song from Silicon Valley. Here’s what happened: I started my career in Chase Manhattan Bank … then quickly made my way over to Bear Stearns because I really wanted to be an investment banker and do mergers and acquisitions. …

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Cofounder Investment Bankers 120

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Strategic buyers look for managerial talent, intellectual property, geographic expansion, an extension into adjacent markets and more that will be achieved with the acquisition of your company.

Intellectual Property 88

Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Acquisition Forecast 88

Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Indeed, this is critical in order to effectively negotiate any transaction (including a financing) – as every investment banker on Wall Street understands. It’s the same with acquisitions. As you begin to set-up investor meetings, the challenge now is to create a competitive environment and a sense of urgency.

Term Sheet 63

Term Sheet San Francisco Founder Investment Bankers 63

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

With entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, attorneys, and investment bankers from over 18 countries represented - from places as far afield as Switzerland, Singapore, and Spain (and Santa Monica and Silicon Valley!) - it was a truly international gathering. How concentrated is this phenomenon?

Silicon Valley 79

Silicon Valley IPO Los Angeles San Francisco 79

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Are Israeli companies on the verge of developing a repeatable playbook to scale their companies and become market leaders, not just acquisition fodder for the Silicon Valley giants? How do I strengthen my market position through acquisitions and innovation? That’s disappointing for a country with so much potential. We think so.

Cofounder 20

Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, I held several executive positions in a publicly-traded software company and was previous to that an investment banker. The de-SPAC process is essentially the process that occurs after a SPAC has agreed to terms with an acquisition target where the two entities are fully merged.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

Whether it’s Yotta encouraging emergency savings accounts, Dave.com providing overdraft protection, or Stash enabling broad participation in public market investing, I believe that the private sector could be an inflection point for the country’s financial health – and that fintechs will lead the way.

IPO 36

IPO Stock Software Review API 36