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whittwuli

32 karma · joined October 15, 2008

My name is Matthew Whittaker and I'm an entrepreneurial software engineer and project manager with a passion for building businesses on the web. contact: me at mwhittaker dot com
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whittwuli··on Ask HN: How much can I sell my company for?
Last I looked into it, it was valid in most European courts and the exception was U.K. and U.S. who have an extra layer of extortion above the Berne Convention which requires registration with their system in order to be accepted into the court. Spain, Italy and the others accept what MFC provides and is why there are a ton of services started in these countries like the following: http://www.dmca.com/ http://easytimestamping.com/ http://www.safecreative.org/ http://myows.com/ https://depotcode.com/
whittwuli··on Ask HN: How much can I sell my company for?
It is a legit non-repudiation service that is legally valid. It can be used in most countries court system and follows Berne Convention. I've got most of it covered in the FAQ and more information can be seen here: https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&#...

Thanks for the advice thou.

whittwuli··on Ask HN: How much can I sell my company for?
All my stats are legit. Also the SEO is pure and natural growth from a site that has been around almost 6 years. I mentioned that some creative SEO tactics could be used with all the content, but I've never done that. I've added my contact to my profile...if your interested in the site, please contact me offline.
whittwuli··on Ask HN: How much can I sell my company for?
What are some common things that could happen that would cause this site from increasing it's revenue monthly? I can show steady, monthly growth in all metrics for the past 3 years. It continues to earn more and captures more users which display the badge on their site and this continues the snowball growth. Is this not valuable?
whittwuli··on Ask HN: How much can I sell my company for?
That's what I make in a year on ads for the site. Wouldn't there be a multiplier on a sale? It keeps increasing pageviews, uniques and users per month because of the viral loop.
whittwuli··on Ask HN: How to structure an LLC for giving out equity
I would also suggest using an S-Corp instead of an LLC. It gives you the same benefits and flexibility as an LLC with pass thru profits and such but you can create shares more easily.

As far as paying your writers with equity, I like this approach defined in this article: http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/2009/05/building-your-team...

It talks about forming a contract where you will pay them double there hourly rate which they can then buy equity with it once the business gets it's first valuation.