Ask HN: How do you deal with potential acquirers?

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with potential acquirers? by sheetjs on Thursday January 16, 2014 @11:33PM (#7074316)

> * Breakup fee that penalizes them for walking away.

This is pretty standard, especially when there are regulatory concerns. AT&T ended up shelling out more than $1B when the T-Mobile deal fell apart.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with potential acquirers? by rexreed on Thursday January 16, 2014 @11:36PM (#7074321)

But what about the typical run-of-the-mill startup scenario where you're doing minimal to some small revenues and the potential acquirer is either a competitor or a larger company? Are breakup fees common in these single to low double digit $M acquisition scenarios?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with potential acquirers? by xrd on Friday January 17, 2014 @01:20AM (#7074580)

Understand that "common" is a made up concept here. Every acquisition is different. You get what you demand here.

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