How to sell your startupto North American company

Oleksandr Mykhailenko

2012. Pre-Jeapie

- Web studio in Dnipro- Smako.com.ua - restaurant reservation

system with coupons- Presented in Lviv- Failed to prove competitive advantage

2013. Jeapie. Early boost

- Project start- Refused Investment opportunity (fools)- Won a GTF competition ($30 000)

2014. “Project Track”Oct ‘13

$30k grant

Jan ‘14

TOP 10 most promising

April ‘14

Jul - Aug ‘14 Dec ‘14Sept-Oct ‘14

Series A roundVC & Enterpriseintegrations

2014. $100k in Funding - “Smart” investment- Company resources- Strategic help

2015. Web Push

2015. Jeapie acquired

Push notifications startup Jeapie was acquired by Mobify in November 2015.

Game rules●What is a startup company●When, To whom sell it●Market size●M&A/Investment is a B2B process

M&A as B2B●Marketing/PR works●Track record works amazingly●Company is a product (consumable)

○Delaware C-corp (IP/ShA/Captable)○Operations Entity (Contracts/Billing)○Waivers from employees

Credit to twitter

●B2C●Business/Job/Career topic●U.S. market

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