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. Greg Martin: I raised a fund called LiquidStock, with three partners. We closed in January of 2019.

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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. I don’t want to pretend that stock-option grants have zero impact on you as a shareholder. Stock option grants dilute your ownership in the company.

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Startup Venture Capital Sales Course 227

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 9, 2013

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. But the reminder that “this was my shot” and failure wasn’t an option. Have options, sure. Success is my only m **g option, failure’s not. How can you process that?

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News Venture Capital Yahoo .Net 405

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. Because public shareholders usually take the short-term view, they want to see constant rises in the stock's price so they can sell their shares for a profit.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

Even the eccentric King of Pop communicated the price he was willing to pay for Neverland. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. We then turned Citrix’s question around, saying, “You knocked on our door with an intent to buy so you obviously have some idea of the price you are willing to pay.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

For example, everyone would agree that a cure for cancer is a worthy solution, if you can show evidence that it works, and can be replicated and sold for a rational cost and price in the market today. The net value of this solution from the customer’s perspective. A new easier to use social network may not get anyone excited.

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.Net Examples Custom Customer 73

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. Because public shareholders usually take the short-term view, they want to see constant rises in the stock's price so they can sell their shares for a profit.

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Startup Technical Review Report Entrepreneur 87

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

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Smart entrepreneurs now avoid this option like the plague, due to its unpredictability and the challenges of running a public company. Because public shareholders usually take the short-term view, they want to see constant rises in the stock''s price so they can sell their shares for a profit. Constant pressure to increase earnings.

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Startup Technical Review Report Entrepreneur 98

InfoChachkie

MARCH 16, 2010

Even the eccentric King of Pop communicated the price he was willing to pay. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. As we were not engaged in selling our company, a “price” was nonexistent. What is that price?”. We were not rude nor indignant. We simply stated the truth.

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Company Companies Pricing Santa Barbara 160

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer. As described in What The Heck Are My Stock Options Worth? , Total options granted to employees. The less mature the company, the larger the typical Earn Out as a percentage of the total purchase price. The Answer Is?

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Entrepreneur Acquisition Pricing .Net 124

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer. As described in What The Heck Are My Stock Options Worth? , Total options granted to employees. The less mature the company, the larger the typical Earn Out as a percentage of the total purchase price. The Answer Is?

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Acquisition Pricing 124

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

With all those new releases, there are lots of new opportunities--you can preregister names, some people are holding back certain names as premium names, and there''s a lot of complexity in price points. However, now, from a merchandising perspective, there might be 800 or more different potential domain name options for you.

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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. The M&A alternative looks simple by comparison. Constant pressure to increase earnings.

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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. Use Net Promoter Score (NPS) to help you turn visitors into raving fans. Effective guarantees include: price-match, satisfaction, payment-deferral—even weather. Provide irresistible offers to keep their attention. Otherwise we wouldn’t be in business.”

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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 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. They won’t do this before you prove yourself but once you hit a minimum scale this is always an option. He is the majority owner.

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Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2014

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. The way we get compensated, is we receive a percent of net sales that flow through the website. There''s a lot of issues there around pricing and controlling MAP for their resellers.

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Commerce Venture Capital Internet Brands Startup 203

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

LP’s who invest in funds are typically university endowments, public & private pension funds, insurance companies, large corporations and very high net worth individuals called “family offices.&# To give you an indication of how bad, for example, university endowments are suffering check out this chart.

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Venture Capital Startup Seed Funding Rustic Canyon 311

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

JANUARY 2, 2016

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. They get huge tax breaks for doing so.

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Startup Course Writing Capital 150

InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2011

Consistent with the advice I outline in Free Advice Worth Half The Price , I was paid solely in equity. Ideally, the option to convert the debt should be at your discretion and not that of the debt holders. You have enough stress, without risking the loss of your house and other personal assets, in the event of default.

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