@ developers.seevl.net. The 9 Most Important Things to Remember If You Want to Sell Your Startup. Editor’s note: James Altucher is an investor, programmer, author, and entrepreneur. He is Managing Director of Formula Capital and has written 6 books on investing. His latest book he’s giving away free. He built and sold Reset, Inc in 1998 and Stockpickr.com in 2007, among others.
You can follow him @jaltucher. Don’t BS me. Everyone wants to sell their startup. As soon as I start a company, I want to sell it. And by “the process” I mean everything you need to do from the moment you start your business to the moment you get cash for your shares in it. 1. 2. A friend of mine had been in the business of brokering sales of small companies for about 30 years. Out of that the ratio worked like magic. 3. When I was trying to sell Stockpickr.com (we sold to TheStreet.com in April, 2007) I spoke to Yahoo, AOL, Google, Reuters, Forbes, and a few others. I have one friend who does the exact opposite. 4. Many companies that sell to a Google or Yahoo just use market comps. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. MediaNet Music | MediaNet. MediaNet has been working for over a decade with the world’s leading major labels and thousands of independent labels to give you access to some of the most extensive music catalogs covering multiple content distribution territories.
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I know it sounds a little crazy, but indeed I’ve come to agree that a clear, compelling elevator pitch is essential to growing a business. (And I’ve paid dearly for the evidence.) So after attending a board meeting yesterday in which the management team struggled to succinctly describe their business, I resolved to blog my agreement with Sridharan. Just in time, too, because Nivi’s been bugging me to answer the question: What makes for a good elevator pitch? The elevator pitch forms everyone’s first impression of your venture.
It needn’t be a single sentence, but the delivery ought to be measured in seconds, not minutes--like any good TV or radio commercial. 1. The primary goal of an elevator pitch is to intrigue someone to learn more. 2. 3. Who Has Time For This? Compel? 4. Mood Media. About MediaNet | MediaNet. MediaNet’s world-class technology platform, MN Open, offers an API and easy to use Web Components that deliver a set of powerful music and media content capability including streams, downloads, media search, contextual matching and other media discovery tools to engage end users while keeping them on your website or application longer to maximize revenues. MediaNet powers music and media delivery for brands of all sizes including iLike, Zune, HMV, Tesco, MOG, Ultimate Guitar and many more.
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