.Net Acquisition Demand Sales 
socalTECH
JANUARY 31, 2011
Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it received approximately $77.2M in net proceeds from the firm's IPO last week. Demand's IPO offering was for 10,235,000 shares of common stock at $17.00 READ MORE>>.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Startup owners need to assume a three to five year wait for a liquidity event, such as acquisition or going public, before they can cash out. Make sure the government waits for a stock sale to collect taxes. At that time the original split makes all the difference. In the U.S.,
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socalTECH
MAY 5, 2017
Leaf Group disclosed the sale in its first quarter 2017 results, where it reported a net loss of $10.0M Leaf Group was formerly known as Demand Media. Leaf Group said it paid $12.0M for Deny Designs, split between $6.7M in cash plus approximately 215,000 shares of its common stock. Deny Designs was based in Denver, Colorado.
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 5, 2020
“The only success criteria of my startup career is whether GrubMarket can eventually make $100 billion of annual sales,” he said to me over both email and in a phone conversation. It has made some 15 acquisitions in the last two years, including Boston Organics and EJ Food Distributor this year.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. “COGS” represents the amount that each sale costs you.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 17, 2017
The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 senior sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business 6 months. COGS” represents the amount that each sale costs you.
InfoChachkie
OCTOBER 27, 2010
The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. The startup was so nascent that the sale would have been considered a short-term gain for tax purposes, which would have significantly reduced the Founders’ proceeds, making their small fortune even smaller.
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