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How should I finance my new venture? - Startups and angels: Along.

Tim Keane

This seems like an easy topic – debt where there is appropriate cash flow, equity when there isn’t.    And, while debt is less costly than equity, it can bankrupt a company more quickly than more expensive equity might. This is an equity example, of course.  This is also now an equity situation. 

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The Dos And Don’ts Of Selling Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

So maybe they would have some home equity they could pull out or some savings. So this is why if you go onto one of the big marketplace websites where they advertise businesses for sale, you're gonna find things like family friendly restaurant franchise in southwest Wisconsin. Is it likely to be an individual person?

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Long term thinking -- for entrepreneurs - Startups and angels: Along.

Tim Keane

At this point, RTMS had one customer paying them what amounted to all of their annual revenue - plus or minus $500,000 I think. If they mailed the catalogs at each individual city location from southern Illinois no northern Wisconsin, they'd get there in time. They paid for the reprints, the mailing and the plane charter.

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Top 25+ Staffing Agencies to Help You Hire Fast

Transformify

Founded by a former Robert Half employee, SNI Companies has long crossed the USD 100 million revenue benchmark. The fourth- largest women-owned business in Wisconsin, Seek addresses the needs of information technology, industrial, and corporate support sectors. SNI Companies. Remedy Intelligent Staffing. JWilliams Staffing.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

The investors and the entrepreneurs are – or should be – aware that the price of the company’s equity is set by the market – in simplest terms, what an informed buyer is willing to pay.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors.

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What's Your Alternative? - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

.)  An example of that is pre-revenue science start-ups with grant funding.    Other times, early success means keeping the equity "in the family" of entrepreneur and colleagues. .)    An example of that is pre-revenue science start-ups with grant funding.    Look it up.) 

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Planning for a Harvest - Startups and angels: Along the way to success

Tim Keane

But.for a company with investors who expect a "harvest," just as things get good on the revenue side, the strategic plan for the companys future becomes very important. What can we do to their revenue? What can we do to their revenue? Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here!

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