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Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups

SoCal CTO

I was asked by a reader how much equity he should give out to early employees and to service providers in a very early stage startup. Founders are likely not paid for a long time and have a sizeable equity percentage for early risk and having the concept. Same Value for Sweat Equity as Investment Dollars?

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Internet Brands Acquisition Completes

socalTECH

El Segundo-based Internet Brands said Friday that the acquisition of the firm by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman has closed. The acquisition, which had originally been announced in September, was worth $640M. JMI Equity also invested in Internet Brands as part of the sale.

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ACTIVE Network In $1.05 Billion Acquisition Deal With Vista Equity Partners

socalTECH

San Diego-based sports and activity registration service Active Network announced this morning that it has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners , in a deal valued at approximately $1.05 Active Network said that Vista Equity Partners will pay $14.50 READ MORE>>.

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Private Equity Firm Puts Epicor Software On Market

socalTECH

Epicor Software , the supply chain management software company whose roots are in Orange County, has been put up for sale by private equity firm Apax Partners, according to reports Tuesday. epicor software merger acquisition private equity exit apax' billion, and has hired investment banking firm Jeffries to handle the sale.

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Planning 500,000 charging points for EVs by 2025, Shell becomes the latest company swept up in EV charging boom

TechCrunch LA

Since the beginning of the year, three companies have been acquired by special purpose acquisition vehicles and are on a path to go public, while a third has raised tens of millions from some of the biggest names in private equity investing for its own path to commercial viability. One more deal soon followed. billion valuation.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

He is very hands-on and helpful – especially for any company looking into customer acquisition. o CPM model gave him control over the information in the acquisition cycle so he focused on that. - Good listener, take in information, • Have pulse on what the market wants (hard to train that) cannot take this from customers only.

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Careful about equity and options in early stage businesses

Berkonomics

For those negotiating equity allocations it covers some of the most complex issues to address in the process. Equity is divided between the founders and the business begun. In other words, you cannot create bargain options at below “market rates.” This post is longer than usual. There are some rules.

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