The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 25, 2019
Creditors frequently object to discharge or to sale of assets. Chapter 13 can be used by sole proprietors, one-person corporations, and certain LLCs in some states to repay some debt, “cram down” any assets that are subject to loans and otherwise reorganize their business under a three- to five- year repayment plan.
Growthink Blog
MAY 23, 2011
With this capital, the company propels itself to $50 million+ in revenues, and to either a sale to a strategic acquirer or to an initial public offering. This venture capital financing - usually between $3 and $10 million - is the first of a number of rounds of outside investment over a period of three to five years.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 2, 2013
What’s most realistic these days is an exit via sale to an existing major company for which you solve a meaningful problem. No VC or Angel investors I know are interested in a bunch of angry, crammed-down small investors as co-shareholders. That goes back to the strength of the management team as the #1 threshold. Exit strategy.
The Next Web
SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
You’re basically tinkering with everything at this stage – product, marketing, sales, partnerships, etc. You’re tinkering with your marketing and sales channels. Doing a small-scale test of every one of your marketing/sales campaigns is the exact definition of tinkering. How it applies to your marketing channels.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 2, 2009
In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) Sales people cost money, and when they’re not bringing in revenue, their wandering in the woods is time consuming, cash-draining and demoralizing.
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