very nice!

Awesome

say, since your company is valued at so much.. could i get like 500 business card double sided color for free.... i'll pay shipping

Congratulations man, whether you decide to sell it or not, the offer means that you're doing something right. :thumbsup

hmmmmm. I'd take the money and continue to work there. They said they would give you a handsome salery to continue on with the company??

People may feel like they are their own bosses but at the end of the day we all work for someone. Either a customer or an owner. Not enough difference if the offer is a fair one.

congrats!!! you must be making a lot of lsd, damn....

Too bad you have to split it, big differance between 1.4 million and 500k :Oh crap

congrats, are you going to sell out and work for your company ?

J/W

500k lump sum + salary is still nice, LoL

Buy the other two guys out...
and...

that should be a great deal already. good luck whatever you decide on.

can't wait to see what you decide on,.. must be a hard decision ?

51......

after partner split, legal costs, taxes etc, you will end up with only 500k

I was offered $50 for the last beer in my fridge once.

Didnt' read but half of the thread. Just wanted to say I love all the idiots yelling to turn it down when they have no idea how much you currently make, how much it's worth, or anything else.

Oh and the non compete, everyone I've ever known to sign one just has a friend open a similar biz.

Here in the UK, you will only end up paying 10% tax if you've owned the company for 2 years and then sell. You should go see a good accountant and lawyer to retain as much as your loot as possible.

Going through something similar myself with my mainstream software company - but nowhere near as much loot.
The only downside is having to work for this company for 3 years as part of the 'earnout' deal. I'm told that's how things are normally done.. most of our money will come from share-options and cash bonuses based on a % of gross profit margins. Since they are preparing to float in 2 years those shares will hopefully be very valuable.

The reason we have to take the deal is cos we are over a barrel in a way.. we are partnered with this company and they are providing us with most of our business. They could pull the rug from under us at anytime and want to own us rather than pay us more in the long run.

since when property is better than growing biz? :o

Forget about the money, ask yourself if this is what you wish to do or not.
If it is, keep the company and in a few years you will have a $10M company most likely.
If it is not, sooner or later you will grow tired of it, take the money now and invest them in what you really wish to do. Money invested in a company is also tax deductable.
You will only see growth in a company when you are focused on it, if it is not really what you wish to do, then when you hit some bad times it will be much harder to stay focused!

Well maybe you should finish reading the rest of the thread before you pop off?



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I'm sure we will because we are on a steady growth and the company will be worth much more in 5 years and another 1,825 14 hour days it will be worth much more.

Good luck mate ;)

Never take a first offer no matter how high.

That's some good advice right there. :2 cents:

Yes I saw every bit of that the first time. Doesn't change a thing.

congrats thats awosme!

Is that a good deal?

Turn it down and keep working on it ;)

This sounds like a good advice,
don't sell it bro.

smart man!

2 million bux for a print shop ?? Fuuuuck!

That's great. However, with 3 people and taxes you are not winning that much. Not to mention the non-compete, that sucks. If you see your company growing that much in 5 years, I would make them double the offer. And have someone analyze your worth....

I don't think that's even $400k each after taxes.

If you think your company is growing fast, and it will be worth more in some years, don't give up :thumbsup

If they offered you that, they will offer you more. :thumbsup congrats!

I spoke with my partners and they are not interested in selling. We just put together our financials so we could buy a new building and although we didn't make the buy-out amount last year, our growth trend is definetely impressive and we will most likely beat that number very soon.

Another caveat is that they want control of our parent company although the main one they're interested in is AF. I have another mainstream site that is rapidly growing that we had planned a massive marketing campaign early next year.

We have a meeting with our financial advisors and I will certainly let everyone know my decision. As of now, I'm not selling but will continue to build what we have. It's like raising a kid until he's 12 and then selling him off. This is our baby and it will be hard just to walk away from it.

It's not even a nice house.. i would hold out.

I have a meeting today with my partners to figure out what we're going to do. I will keep everyone posted.

Good, acidflyers rocks

Dont sell it yet.

If I were you, I would buy out my partners and then sell the mofo in a year for 3 million ;)

DH

I'd sell

they just mailed you a blind offer, with no clue of what your business does in revenue or profits? sounds fishy.