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Another personal story: Timing is everything in a sale.

Berkonomics

Almost anyone who has sold a company has a story to tell about their good deal, the problems with the buyer, a last-minute change of terms, or more. I’ve been offered $15 million for my company and my partner is suing me for all I am worth. How the industry was growing around the company. The year was 1998. What can I do?”.

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Timing is everything in a sale of a business.

Berkonomics

After presenting a “state of the company” report at a national meeting of resellers for a company where I sat on the board, I was approached by one of the audience members, complimenting my presentation and stating, “I have a problem. I’ve been offered $15 million for my company and my partner is suing me for all I am worth.

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Interview with Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, Lynda.com

socalTECH

Not too many people are aware of the success and story of Lynda.com (www.lynda.com), started by Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin , and how the firm's now grown to a double-digit, multimillion dollar business which is known as THE source for online training on such things as web design, graphics software, animation, video editing, and much more.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. All the companies that graduate from the accelerator’s program work from the same office and can literally reach out and touch their investors at any time.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

socalTECH

Plus, he told us a little bit about how he's helping to build a mini cluster of technology companies in the Silverlake area. However Gmail is only private email conversations. Is the idea to have multiple projects as part of the company? They'll reply to my emails in half an hour, and give us great feedback on what we're doing.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. All the companies that graduate from the accelerator’s program work from the same office and can literally reach out and touch their investors at any time.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. Many people start companies arse backwards. When we want to sell or IPO companies they’re there again.

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