YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2019

They manage all the customer relationships. The opportunity: Use this as a negotiating point when bargaining for the deal. If the business IS the business owner, then that person needs to be part of the deal. Structure the buy-out to include an employment contract or consulting agreement, as well as an earn-out.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2018

Marks, founder and managing partner of High Rock Partners and author of “ Middle Market M & A: Handbook for Investment Banking and Business Consulting “ Conventional wisdom says that a company grows by reaching new customers, increasing its workforce, expanding marketing or launching new products or services.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Are your costs per acquisition going up or down with scale? But here it’s not enough to relay on secondary research – get out there and speak to potential customers, partners and even competitors – gather evidence and interest. Bottom up is better than top down projections (i.e. Have a sigle main idea.

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David Teten

MAY 20, 2013

If we find the right partner, we can be flexible in deal structures to best align everyone’s interests. Development Term : During the length of the term for developing the company: Low cost quarterly or annual payments made to the domain owner. The business keeps its platform, content and customers.

Naming 114

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David Teten

MAY 20, 2013

If we find the right partner, we can be flexible in deal structures to best align everyone’s interests. Development Term : During the length of the term for developing the company: Low cost quarterly or annual payments made to the domain owner. The business keeps its platform, content and customers.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Just like every business thinks about their customers and what their customer wants, when you wanna sell your business, you are basically entering the same kind of world, but instead of your product or service, it's your business. 07:47): Well, where are they gonna get the rest of the money and what's that gonna cost them?

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Yes, the infrastructure is cheap (to start), but the human costs have gone up dramatically. 6M-$15M used to scale customer acquisition and revenue). Q: How are most Pre-Seed deals structured? When I first began in this industry, people would claim that it’s cheap to start a software company. Those times are long gone.

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