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Should I license my IP, sell a royalty stream, or just produce products?

Berkonomics

Since I am a proponent of using equity as a tool and he is so much opposed, this week it is his turn to make the case. These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention. Do I understand the royalty replaces the need for equity investors ?

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Should I license my IP, sell a royalty stream, or just produce products?

Berkonomics

Since I am a proponent of using equity as a tool and he is so much opposed, this week it is his turn to make the case. These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention. Do I understand the royalty replaces the need for equity investors ?

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

Early in a services business there is usually no profits as the company reinvests in hiring people to grow, but by $20 million in sales the company should at least be pulling in 10% profits (if not more) depending on how much is reinvested. You own the IP you create. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years. It’s pure irony.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

I have long tried to raise awareness of the trade-off between growth & profits as outlined in this much read blog post on the topic (and please forward to your favorite journalist who often simply report that companies that aren’t profitable are bad). So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will.

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What Are We Talking About When We Talk Valuation?

Tech Zulu Event

Do you see the overlap with the factors that come into play for equity valuations? evidenced by a written report that takes into account the relevant factors prescribed for valuations generally under these regulations.”. Recent equity sales i.e., comparables. What impacts a company’s 409A valuation: Company milestones.

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