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5 Risks Of Buying A Business And Profiting Off The Opportunities They Create

YoungUpstarts

But every year thousands of entrepreneurs become millionaires by buying and growing businesses without the startup headaches of venture capitalists, zero revenue, and no business processes. If the business IS the business owner, then that person needs to be part of the deal. The diligence: Interview customers, vendors, and employees.

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Financing Acquisitions: Keys to Structuring the Deal And Obtaining The Funding

YoungUpstarts

And, namely, they pique the interests of those in the private capital markets. Think of financing an acquisition as an exercise with two parts that work in concert: 1) structuring a desired deal with a suitable target and 2) obtaining the funding. A desired deal meets the needs of the buyer, the seller and the funding sources.

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The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

There are a now a handful of funds, K9 included, that are Pre-Seed funds in name and practice. Seed is the new Series A. (~$2M used get for building product, establishing product-market fit and early revenue). 6M-$15M used to scale customer acquisition and revenue). Q: How are most Pre-Seed deals structured?

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The Dos And Don’ts Of Selling Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

And that's when you open the Pandora's box of getting into process, procedure, methodology is the, you know, everything in the business running through that owner is the owner, got his hands on, you know, every deal, every sale. So we could go, we could spend the rest of our time talking about valuation. 09:23): Sure.

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Piercing the Corporate Veil of Sweat Equity

grasshopperherder.com

All names redacted.). Valuations. I think it’s difficult, if not impossible, to value a pre-revenue company with any reasonable accuracy. I was approached with one sweat equity offer that placed the valuation of the company at >$5 million pre-money and before even a seed round of funding. That seemed high to me.

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Why Leave A Six Figure Corporate Job For Internet Entrepreneurship?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

For now, Sunil answers the question of why leave a well paying corporate job to become an online entrepreneur… My name is Sunil and the title of this blog post refers to me. I have been following Yaro for over a year now and feel privileged to be allowed to write for his blog. I had to outlay nearly $30,000 just to replace these.