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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 Partnership Dilemma: Six Factors Every Consultant Should Consider Before Tying The Knot 

YoungUpstarts

We decided that because I had more equity and eight years in the company, I would maintain slightly more than half of the ownership. In my case, my partner and I were separated geographically: My office was in Wisconsin, and his office was in Virginia. My partner and I chose to incorporate legally as a subchapter S corporation.

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

Tim Keane

If they mailed the catalogs at each individual city location from southern Illinois no northern Wisconsin, they'd get there in time.   This whole thing was funded with a home equity line of credit and resulted in a substantial loss for the year of 1989. They paid for the reprints, the mailing and the plane charter.

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Bootstrap your venture - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

  A successfully bootstrapped start-up allows the entrepreneur to retain more equity (Gianforte hung on to 60% up to the IPO) and provides a lot more control and freedom from competing goals of various investors.  Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! Google Ads.

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

Tim Keane

  Other times, early success means keeping the equity "in the family" of entrepreneur and colleagues.   Other times, early success means keeping the equity "in the family" of entrepreneur and colleagues. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here!

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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. Google Ads.

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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?