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Re:YC Help: I need Acquisition Advice by rms on Wednesday March 05, 2008 @10:26PM (#130269)
Do you really want to sell? It sounds like you could make more money if you stay around and try to keep scaling. But if you really want to focus your attention somewhere else, sure, sell for whatever you can get.

How long do you think you can keep the exponential growth up? Another couple of months? Or do you think your company can really dominate the travel (or whatever area you're in) marketplace?

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Re:YC Help: I need Acquisition Advice by nextmoveone on Wednesday March 05, 2008 @10:37PM (#130275)
I say growth will peak in 6-9 months.
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Re:YC Help: I need Acquisition Advice by mrtron on Thursday March 06, 2008 @09:37AM (#130562)
OK, so assuming your current offer is 5-6 mil...

This months net profits - 160k If you can sustain your 100%+ growth monthly for the next 6 months, you could hit a huge monthly profits number. Even with 50% growth, your monthly profits would be over a million with that kind of growth.

Which makes your current offer very low, this is why with that kind of growth people get huge multiples.

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Re:YC Help: I need Acquisition Advice by Flemlord on Wednesday March 05, 2008 @11:41PM (#130317)
Peak, or level off?
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Re:YC Help: I need Acquisition Advice by nextmoveone on Thursday March 06, 2008 @12:12AM (#130340)
Peak, and level off.
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Re:YC Help: I need Acquisition Advice by omnipath on Thursday March 06, 2008 @01:50AM (#130388)
Why level off? Is it because of resources (lack of) that'll limit growth, or something about the market you're in? That may have a factor in the price you could ask for.
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Re:YC Help: I need Acquisition Advice by nextmoveone on Thursday March 06, 2008 @08:30AM (#130527)
No, simply because it's seasonal.
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