Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

The subject of raising money is critical to many businesses and a passing option to others, depending upon the capital efficiency of the enterprise. You will realize much more from the ultimate sale of your business even if at a considerably lower price than if splitting the proceeds with investors.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

Even the eccentric King of Pop communicated the price he was willing to pay. However, in many cases, acquiring companies behave in a less rational manner than Mr. Jackson. Citrix politely approached us, told us they had an interest in acquiring our company and then asked us, “How much?”. What is that price?”.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2020

Our interview today is with Greg Martin , co-founder of LiquidStock (www.liquidstock.com), an investment fund which offers up a way for employees of private companies to exercise their stock options before an IPO or acquisition. However, as companies have stayed private longr, I saw there was a trend happening.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2017

It was a stock option incentive related “expense” but I bet you didn’t know that because in an era where we only read the headlines — they must be a train wreck losing billions. Are you looking to potentially sell the company in the next year or two? Do you imagine eventually raising VC and trying to build a faster growing company?”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

Smart entrepreneurs are just now starting to look at this option again, due to its unpredictability and the challenges of running a public company. Today around 90 percent of successful startups are still acquired by bigger companies, as the safer and preferred method of growth and funding. Increased liability risk exposure.

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Startup Technical Review Report IBM 84

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Smart entrepreneurs are just now starting to look at this option again, due to its unpredictability and the challenges of running a public company. Today around 90 percent of successful startups are still acquired by bigger companies, as the safer and preferred method of growth and funding. Increased liability risk exposure.

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Startup Technical Review Report Entrepreneur 87

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

This statement leaves no confusion in the minds of investors, or customers, of what the company does and how it is different (and better) than the competition. The net value of this solution from the customer’s perspective. Also, the benefit of the solution must be offset against the cost of all other options available to the customer.

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.Net Examples Customer Custom 73

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Smart entrepreneurs now avoid this option like the plague, due to its unpredictability and the challenges of running a public company. Today 70 percent of successful startups are still acquired by bigger companies, as the safer and preferred method of growth and funding. Public companies are always at risk for takeovers.

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Startup Technical Review Report Entrepreneur 98

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

The decision was made over a year ago now, to break those two pieces into two separate companies. We''re also partnering with companies like Donuts to provide a platform to host their registry. We are now the biggest and completely integrated, vertical registrar and aftermarket domain company in the domain space.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor. The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Acquisition Pricing .Net 124

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

A similar experience occurred at a cloud computing company where I acted as an addVisor. The company was approached by a Big Dumb Company (BDC) who made a nominal acquisition offer within months of the company’s founding. Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Acquisition Pricing 124

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked also netted in new customers such as Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, and Equity Partners, NextView Ventures and crowd-funding service AI Verified which will take advantage of its iPad compatibility, bulk uploading, and reporting tools. According to Eric M. The innovation is in line with the industry trends.

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Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is at an all-time low, and most entrepreneurs avoid this option like the plague, knowing the process is painful, and public company executives are seen as greedy sharks. Public companies are always at risk for takeovers. Going public is an expensive process.

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Startup Report Entrepreneur Statistics 97

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

Test your pricing and packaging options, and tune them regularly. No company exists in a vacuum. Make your solution and company symbiotic but better than competitors. Use Net Promoter Score (NPS) to help you turn visitors into raving fans. Create a prominent and appealing offer or video to lock in a conversion.

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SEO Tips Newsletter Statistics 53

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

We had the final terms of our agreement fairly well boxed in within a range of about 5-7% on price and within 30 days on move-in date. I obviously preferred the lowest price and I wanted the latest move-in date. She told me, “start with the price you want but the move in date he wants.&#. I told my agent. She way annoyed.

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Venture Capital Pricing Startup Outsource 319

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#. It would not be a big stretch to image a well run service business like this making 15-25% net profit margins. The minute you raise VC you have one option – grow & try to become big.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2014

One Los Angeles company-- OneStop Internet (www.onestop.com) has created a growing business handling exactly that. John Tomich: OneStop Internet is an e-commerce services company. We are an option for brands who don''t want to build it themselves in-house, from soup to nuts, or don''t want to outsource to a single vendor.

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Commerce Venture Capital Internet Brands Startup 203

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

So companies are running for the first 1-2 years on significantly less capital than they did 10 years ago. I don’t know whether there is a “crash&# coming per se but I do believe that too much money is going into angel and seed companies too quickly. Staying “lean&# is not an option.

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Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding Rustic Canyon 311

InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2011

The nature of the company’s business model requires it to fund certain costs before it is paid by its customers. Thus, even though the company is cash flow positive, its growth is constrained by the amount of payables it can fund. Consistent with the advice I outline in Free Advice Worth Half The Price , I was paid solely in equity.

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Equity Startup Invest Funding 235

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Nick Desai: FitOrbit delivers a proven solution for fitness and weight loss over the Internet, for the first time, at a price people can afford. Nick Desai: With FitOrbit, there's an extremely high value, at a low cost price. We've also built a variety of pricing options. At $10, that's less than a coffee a day.

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Media Pricing Sites Training 168

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 9, 2013

You have an offer to sell your company. You might net $1 million and that would change your life. Now I just have a 3x higher exit price if I want to sell one day. How do you process your company’s biggest decisions? They told me that we had a chance to build the next great Internet company. Should you?

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News Venture Capital Yahoo .Net 405

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2016

Founders start companies. They get to have “long-term capital gains” taxes which are much lower than short-term capital gains taxes paid by people who have stock options or income taxes paid to workers. That employee was given “stock options,” which pay the exact same rate of taxes as income.

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