Congratulations! You turned what once were only dreams into a thriving business venture. It took more effort than you ever imagined, yet you have created a valuable company that others are willing to pay a premium to acquire. Now you just need to negotiate, structure and close on the sale of your business. Below are some tips to help you to minimize the risks and maximize the rewards of your M&A transaction:
The Federal Trade Commission would like to preempt state law and make most noncompetes illegal as a matter of nationwide federal law. In January it began a rulemaking toward that end. See The FTC: Noncompete Agreements Must Go.
Interview with Janvi Shah, Co-Founder & CEO of Hue Tell Us About Your Journey My journey as an entrepreneur started when I was growing up. I was in a family of entrepreneurs. My dad started his small business when I was only three years old, so I grew up around that. And I got to […]
Interview with Tom Lazay, Co-Founder and General Partner, Companyon Ventures Hi I’m Tom Lazay Co-Founder and General Partner at Companyon Ventures. We’re a venture capital firm based in Boston, investing in B2B software companies at the post-seed pre-A stage. Tell Us About Your Journey I got into entrepreneurship starting in undergrad with a classmate of […]
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking – Non-Compete Clause Rulemaking (the “Notice”) – that proposes a federal rule prohibiting the use of non-compete clauses, generally making the prohibitions adopted by a few states, like California, apply nationally. A non-compete clause is a type of restrictive covenant […]
My journey: I’m a generalist, and I feel really grateful that I was able to build my career at a time when being a generalist was acceptable. I think we are hyper focused on specialists, and I think my journey has allowed me to do many different things through the years and be many different things. And I think all of that has contributed to what I do today, which is work as a professional investor.
In our article on SAFEs vs Convertible Notes, we referenced the “friends and family” rounds as the most common way founders first raise money. At this stage, individuals are primarily writing checks because they love and trust you, and little to do with your business idea or any expectation of actually making money. Every penny from this precious purse must be spent wisely to build the business.
Interview with Tom Meyer, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures Group Hi, I’m Tom Meyer, Managing Partner of Alumni Ventures Group, Nassau Street Ventures. We invest in all types of companies, all stages, sectors and geographies. Tell Us About Your Journey I’m lucky. I had a lot of opportunities growing up. Before I got here, I […]
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Since the inception of Massachusetts’ income tax, the Commonwealth’s constitution has provided that tax could only be assessed at a flat rate across all income levels–currently 5%. When Massachusetts voters went to the polls on Tuesday, November 8, they were asked for the sixth time in the last 107 years whether this constitutional provision should be amended to allow for graduated income tax rates. For the first time, voters–narrowly–said yes.
Interview with Chad Pytel, Founder & CEO Tell Us About Your Journey I got my first computer when I was about 10. My parents got it for me at a yard sale. I taught myself to program BASIC on that. It wasn’t actually very long after that, that I started to do work for people […]
Here are two examples: (1) Clearview AI has scraped billions of publicly available images from social media platforms and compiled them into a facial recognition database that it’s made available to law-enforcement and private industry.
Interview with Mike Sweet, CEO of NimblyWise Tell Us About Your Journey So my entrepreneurial journey started about 15 years ago when I graduated from business school, and I really wanted to work in smaller companies. I’ve been in traditional consulting, and I was lucky to find an entrepreneurial opportunity in the golf industry, something […]
Interview with Jeffrey Poole, CEO of Siren Marine Tell Us About Your Journey My journey was part of our CEO and founder’s journey, Dan Harper, who passed away a little over a year ago. And his vision was to connect every recreational boat in the oceans. So whether it was a sailboat, whether it was […]
Interview with Rochelle Nemrow, founder of FamilyID Tell Us About Your Journey My very first job out of college was with a magazine called High Technology Business Magazine that covered the intersection, it was the first magazine to cover the intersection of business and technology. It kind of ages me a little bit, but it […]