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Equity for Early Employees in Early Stage Startups

SoCal CTO

I was asked by a reader how much equity he should give out to early employees and to service providers in a very early stage startup. Founders are likely not paid for a long time and have a sizeable equity percentage for early risk and having the concept. Same Value for Sweat Equity as Investment Dollars?

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CoreLogic Gets Shareholder Approval On Private Equity Acquisition

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Irvine-based property information provider CoreLogic said on Wednesday that its shareholders have approved the go-private, private equity acquisition of the company by Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners. The two private equity companies will pay $80.00 per share in cash for CoreLogic. The deal is worth $6 billion in total.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

He is very hands-on and helpful – especially for any company looking into customer acquisition. o CPM model gave him control over the information in the acquisition cycle so he focused on that. - Since selling Matt has gone on to become one of the smartest angels I have seen operate. He told them it was now or never.

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Careful about equity and options in early stage businesses

Berkonomics

For those negotiating equity allocations it covers some of the most complex issues to address in the process. Equity is divided between the founders and the business begun. This provision allows these select individuals to perhaps profit handsomely in an acquisition by being able to exercise their options in full at the time of sale.

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Stamps.com Stockholders Approve Private Equity Acquisition

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El Segundo-based Stamps.com, which provides e-commerce shipping and online postage services, said last week that its stockholders approved a merger with private equity investor Thoma Bravo. The company said the acquisition is expected to close this week. The deal calls for Stamps.com stockholders to receive $330.00 billion in cash.

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QAD In $2 Billion Private Equity Acquisition

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Santa Barbara-based supply chain software developer QAD has entered into a $2 billion acquisition deal with private equity investor Thoma Bravo, the company said on Monday. According to QAD, its shareholders will receive $87.50 per share in cash from Thoma Bravo, in an all-cash transaction.

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Marlin Equity Acquires Tangoe, Merges It With Asentinel

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Los Angeles-based private equity and investment firm Marlin Equity said on Friday that it has completed its take-private acquisition of Tangoe, Inc. , Malin Equity had said earlier it would pay $6.50 and combined it with existing asset Asentinel. Marlin has appointed Robert Irwin as CEO of the newly combined company.

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