throwawaymna

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   by throwawaymna 6y ago

   Just finished the episode and really enjoyed it. Heard a lot of my own thinking echoed back to me in his feelings about how he wanted to run the business and thoughts around selling (and around taking VC money!) Laughed out loud a couple of
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   by throwawaymna 6y ago

   Can you elaborate on that? Why do additional owners make it easier to sell? If anything I'd expect the opposite. Re double digits, if that means eg 10%, I would expect a good firm could likely provide at least that much value. Maybe I&
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   by throwawaymna 6y ago

   Awesome, will listen to that podcast now. Thanks.
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   by throwawaymna 6y ago

   Thanks. It does look though like that site is targeted more at smaller companies than ours. My understanding is that at our scale we would probably want a firm representing our interests.
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   by throwawaymna 6y ago

   For sure, past growth will of course be looked at to gauge future prospects. Our growth has historically been driven largely by branding initiatives on our end, but our user retention is also really high. So all along we've tended to h
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   by throwawaymna 6y ago

   Yep, I'm not planning to sell immediately. Just starting to do some research on what would be involved. Honestly I don't know that I'd even sell at all at this point, but it's useful to know one's options. Certainly
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   Ask HN: Advice on choosing an M&A firm for a company with ~1M earnings

   10 points by throwawaymna 6y ago|14 comments