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What user acquisition strategy would you recommend for a startup in the employee engagement market? [closed]
We've built a big part of our product, a tool for managers to gather anonymous feedback and happiness data from employees. We've already launched the iOS, Windows 8 and Android apps and have gained ...
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Selling a company for an earnout structure? [closed]
I have to be very cagey here as I'm under confidentiality, hence the throwaway account -- my apologies.
OK so I run a startup in a specific industry vertical. Big Player X in that vertical approached ...
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Planning for an Acquisition Strategy
I am a software developer half-way through the design and prototyping of what I believe will be a very successful new software product.
Soon I will begin development, and am currently planning on ...
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How do I find (small) businesses for sale in a foreign country
I am interested in buying a low investment business in a European city capable of (modestly) supporting one full time person. Cafe, retail or service businesses are all possibile targets. I'm at an ...
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VC Option Shenanigans
My company is being acquired by a public company (both US based). When we were all hired, our employment contracts stated we'd be granted x number of stock options. I'll say 250,000. That was 3 ...
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When should you consider a potential acquisition in tech decisions?
In the early stages, the consensus in advice seems to be:
Building an MVP: Use whatever is quickest.
After you've got product market fit: Use whatever the team knows best/is best for the medium to ...
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What if advisors are potential acquirers?
I am drafting out a list of potential advisors to approach, but I'm realizing that some of the ones with the best fit in domain experience could also be in a position to acquire the company once it ...
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Employees working for other companies?
Our company is a small, Eastern European outsourcing firm, focusing on PHP, .NET, and mobile development projects). As our company is trying to get off the ground, and since we don't have much money ...
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Acquiring a website with unclear ownership
We want to acquire a website that is driven by a large community and non-profit. Before going to the attorney I want to do my own research on this topic.
The problem is that the ownership of this ...
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When a company is acquired for a “stock and cash” deal, what do smaller shareholders usually end up receiving?
I own a small bit of stock in a startup which is about to be acquired. I'm wondering, what is the most common process for the acquisition, when it comes to the handling of small shareholders? Am I ...
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How to tap an existing market?
I've built a site to review & rate beers. It needs some further work & improvements, but I got it out the door. Better to release than to polish to perfection.
There are a number of existing ...
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Vested stock options on acquisition
I was employed with a startup in Singapore for 15 months and vested 15K options over these months. Now the company is being acquired by a US company though the Singapore company will stay a subsidiary ...
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Word of Mouth in Customer Acquisition for Apps - Myth or for real?
Can word of mouth be a good customer acquisition strategy for a smartphone app?
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What equity/salary/earn-out can I expect from a purchasing company for my company and myself?
I am the single member of an LLC consulting company. I have half the revenue of a company that is thinking of "acquiring" me. They are in the same industry. They just incorporated within 1 year and ...
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Impact of acquisition on shareholders
SCENARIO
I'm an early employee in a startup and 100% vested. I've been in the company long enough to start thinking about my next career step (MBA maybe), but I do wish it the best of success and ...
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Is story on how Skype employees stock options end up being worthless on acquisition common or not?
This is in response to the latest story about how Skype stock options are worthless:
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/06/24/upgrading-skype-and-silver-lake-to-evil/
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Get acquired or raise more money?
If you can raise at a post-money valuation of $5MM and some company offered to acquired you, how much should you be asking for? I know it depends on a lot of things, but generally is it higher or ...
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How would tax structure be for acquisition on product sale?
My company has an existing loss at this point. I sell the (one-off) product that the company produced and the purchase price exceeds the loss.
Do I just pay tax on the difference?
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UK limited company exit mechanism
Can anyone tell me the mechanism by which a UK technology business is acquired? Does the acquirer usually buy:
all the outstanding shares in the limited company, or,
all the assets and liabilities ...
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Valueless stock options on exit
A friend of mine is at a startup, and the startup is having a big exit. It is being bought by a large company. Everything sounds great, except... he has only unvested stock options and under the ...
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Company got acquired — what might happen to my stock options? (not an employee yet)
A private company that I accepted a job offer with, got acquired by a public well known company. I should start there on June 1, 2011. They notified me that the offer is still valid.
The offer says:
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What will a product acquisition be taxed as?
I'm an independent developer who has been working for the past year or so on product X. I don't have a company created that is associated with the product, as we have yet to officially launch (no ...
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How much is this site worth?
I own a site that on which I "practiced" SEO. It isn't a real business. I only make money from it by putting Google AdSense and right now it makes just under $100 per month and growing, although I ...
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E-mail marketing to prospective clients / users?
Don't laugh, but I'm working on a website idea that isn't novel in any particular way. It doesn't do anything new except service a niche industry in my world view of "better". I very well understand ...
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Acquisition interest in my part-time startup
I work as a software engineer at Big Software Company X, and have been hacking away on the side at my own mobile app for the past 2 years, which is publicly available. It does decently well, earning a ...
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Non Voting Stock in an Acquisition
This might be a UK specific question - not sure if the same applies in the US...
I have a number of 'B Class' shares in a company that, at some point, could be acquired. These B Class shares have no ...
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Is there a list of recent startup acquisions?
What is a good source for finding for how much money were startups recently purchased for?
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Is there a way around a partner paying additional income tax in an acquisition?
I'm interested in bringing on a partner (for his development abilities) for a site I'm working on.
I already have an LLC and would prefer to keep this site under that LLC. Then, I'd offer in a ...
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deferred sales trust (DST) — guarantee long-term capital gains on entity sale?
Can a deferred sales trust (DST) be used to effectively convert a short-term capital gains entity sale into long-term capital gains income?
For example, suppose I create a small company on 1/1/2011, ...
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example company timeline & determining capital gains basis date
Looking at a hypothetical company timeline (corporation), what is the capital gains tax to shareholders upon entity sale? (aka, how is the basis date computed)?
Start date (1st effort of ...
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Can a software start up be sold?
Does software alone have any value to sell? If your start up fails for whatever reason but you have a software product built but not patented can you sell your company and to whom would you approach ...
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Typical procedure for stock-for-stock asset purchase
I'm advising a friend who is selling her company in an asset purchase arrangement. The acquirer is offering stock to the investors in her company. However, the acquirer is asking that the stock be ...
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Purchase Agreement
Some friends and I are putting together a web site and we have already targeted one site that would be competition for us. We have made an offer to acquire that competing site and have come to an ...
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Earnout payout w no documentation
Not sure if this is an appropriate venue for this question but figured others here might end up with a similar issue at some point.
We sold a (US) business 3 years ago (in 2006 to a US acquirer) and ...
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Time and money for early-stage merger (or acqusition) of companies?
How much time and money does an early stage merger take?
I have an unfunded startup. I am talking to a company that has completed their Round A.
It seems like they might want to acquire / merge with ...
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Work for a % Equity in a company
I have an opportunity to work as an independant rep for a company that has three owners. A woman president, her husband COO, and a third party who has the experience in the business. The married ...
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Lists of acquired companies
I am looking to make a slide for my pitch that shows the size of private companies in my field (wine distribution) and what they were acquired for, anyone know where I could find this information?
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Product acquisition dilemma — best strategy for a merger?
This week I just launched my first product and it's been a pretty successful launch :)
A couple of weeks ago (just before my launch), I acquired a direct competitor for a great price. I acquired ...
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What is “blue sky”
I've heard the term "blue sky" or "blue" for short in the investment community related to the acquisition of a company.
What is "blue sky"?
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What is the “Blue ocean strategy” for a startups?
We are planning to get into customer acquisition business that targets specific demographics. Although market is filled with many players already doing this, we have a unique offering that ...
