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How do you sell your company when you have no money?

February 4th, 2014

I have a startup (picture search and discovery) with significant user traction (>8 million unique visitors per month) but very little revenue and... More

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What will the LinkedIn/Microsoft merger mean?

Lucas Jaz

June 13th, 2016

I'm guessing by now you've seen the news that MSFT is buying LinkedIn for $26.2B. Curious to hear from this community what you think the effects will... More

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How do you sell a smaller company?

Stella Fayman Director of Marketing at Trello

December 9th, 2014

Larger companies have VC, investment bankers, brokers, etc to help them garner interest in a possible acquisition. For smaller companies that rely... More

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Acqui-hire vs off-shore development?

Brian Brown Founder, consultant, adviser

October 28th, 2014

I have a friend (exec) in fast growing SaaS company with a new, large round of founding. They have off-shore developers, but are thinking they need... More

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Is merging two-early stage startups a good idea?

Alison Lewis CEO/Creative Director

March 18th, 2015

A few years ago I tried to bring on a tech co-founder, who had started his own company. He obviously lacked design or contacts... More

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You've moved on ... Now how do you sell your technology platform?

Marlina Kinnersley

April 14th, 2015

My heart has moved on to something else (it happens). I have this solid responsive P2P e-commerce platform that deserves a second chance and would... More

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How Do I Cover Myself in an Aqui-hire?

Anonymous

October 5th, 2015

My company is close to being acqui-hired. It's a low value "soft landing" kind of deal -- an asset purchase for some cash at close and some stock... More

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How to position a product for an acquisition to a specific company?

Mahmoud Elsaid Entrepreneur-LamasaTech MD for Signage,Touch Screen & Kiosk Solutions-Technology Innovation/Business Strategy Consultant

June 30th, 2015

So here is the drill. We have a software that we have developed that lets say works on a niche type of technology that require a specific platform. Now... More

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Article : The Entrepreneur Got Screwed, But Didn't Have To

Brian McConnell

June 19th, 2013

This is an article I published on Medium about an M&A deal that went completely, horribly wrong. Part cautionary tale, part advice. Feel free... More

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How do we fairly share proceeds from the sale of a startup between the team and investors?

John Straw Student at University of Florida

October 1st, 2016

We raised $2 Million in capital in notes and accumulated ~$1M in interest on those notes over a long many years. We spent the investment money... More

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