Acquisition Questions

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...

Website Acquisition Intellectual Property

asked May 11 '12 at 21:10

Jean Pierre
48 points

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...

Website Acquisition Market

asked Feb 29 '12 at 08:56

Marshall
113 points

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...

Acquisition Vesting

asked Feb 3 '12 at 14:01

Vikram Bodicherla
111 points

Can word of mouth be a good customer acquisition strategy for a smartphone app?

Acquisition

asked Dec 15 '11 at 13:09

Ina
121 points

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...

Equity Acquisition

asked Sep 16 '11 at 08:12

Seamus
6 points

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...

Acquisition Shares

asked Sep 6 '11 at 11:51

Hungryhumble
16 points

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/

Acquisition Stock Options

asked Jun 25 '11 at 12:02

User10483
208 points

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...

Acquisition Valuation

asked Jun 16 '11 at 03:53

Rihulo
33 points

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...

UK Tax Acquisition Exit Strategy

asked Jun 3 '11 at 01:12

Paperjam
394 points

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...

Tax Acquisition

asked Apr 9 '11 at 10:49

Themeerkat
6 points

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...

Monetization Website Acquisition SEO Revenue

asked Apr 3 '11 at 14:16

Genadinik
1,821 points

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...

Marketing Acquisition Email Users Clients

asked Feb 25 '11 at 05:14

John
126 points

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...

Tax Acquisition Partnerships Liability

asked Nov 10 '10 at 02:41

Shpigford
146 points

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...

Acquisition Exit Strategy

asked Jun 10 '10 at 03:13

Stacey
484 points

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...

Legal Acquisition Selling Business

asked Mar 6 '10 at 10:59

John
96 points