YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Discuss the team’s business plan with them, understand their mission objective, take notice to how well they perform under pressure, and most importantly, ask yourself, “are they able to expand their product or service’s reach past a smaller demographic and to a larger player within their relative space?”.

Early Stage 138

Early Stage Cofounder Startup Security 138

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2022

In many cases, your advisor will identify key employees and create a business plan to help you find a buyer and negotiate the best price possible. However, you should be aware that some potential buyers may back out of the deal during due diligence. Creating a business plan. Source: Pixabay.

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Merger Acquisition Due Diligence Valuation 129

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. Purpose Ventures’ deal structures are bespoke to each company.

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2018

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.

Acquisition 109

Acquisition Finance Raleigh Mezzanine 109

Tim Keane

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.  .  This is a confluence of bad events.

Milwaukee 60

Milwaukee Bootstrapping Cram Down Deal Structure 60

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Although I knew I would be working in (not on) the business to some extent, the work turned out to be more than I anticipated, at least initially. Investment in small businesses require knowledge of transactions and the related aspects such as business valuation, due diligence, deal structuring / financing, contracts, etc.

Internet 80

Internet Technical Review Stock Due Diligence 80