What IS an Equity Deal?
You provide products, services or other resources to a target company in exchange for an ownership interest, a revenue share, a profit interest, phantom stock – warrants, options or some other equity-like interest in the target company.
How Do You Structure An Equity Deal?
Roland breaks down one of his favorite types of equity deal. He uses this formula a lot because it’s very effective, dependable and comprehensive for all involved.
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The Cash Plus Equity Gap Multiplier Method:
- Especially good when there are attorneys, accountants, minority shareholders, VC’s, angel investors or other advisors are in the mix.
- Presents especially well when you need to have a mathematical justification for granting the equity that you want.
Let’s talk about Cash Needs:
It seems to go without saying but it comes before everything else. Be sure that you receive enough cash to cover your needed operating or living expenses.
“I’ve seen a lot of deals with tremendous upside opportunity fall apart just because the service provider failed to negotiate a cash portion to cover their operating or living expenses.” Roland Frasier
Let’s assume it is going to cost you $2000 to cover the contractors needed to deliver the service you’re contributing, and you need $3000 toward your own living expenses (total $5000).
Keep that number in mind, and then calculate the high-end of the scale market value on those services that you’re going to be providing for the company. So let’s say that would usually be $10,000.
$10,000 minus your cost of $5000 is the equity gap.
Multiply that gap by 3-5 times.
Why?
Because you’re taking the risk. You’re betting on the company.
Let’s base it on a multiplier of 3.
$5000 x 3 = $15k / month in equity BUY IN VALUE.
Multiply that by 300 (months) and that’s a $900,000 value over 5 years.
There’s the value you’re looking to have in the company.
Now let’s determine the Equity piece.
Your interest percentage in the company.
Let’s say the company has 5 million dollars in sales and EBITDA (Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization) of 1 million, and the valuation multiple for that industry is 9, then the valuation of the company would be $9 million (1 million EBITDA multiplied by 9).
So your interest in the company would be 10%. ($9M divided by $900,000, or Value of the company divided by the value of your investment over 5 years).
In conclusion, you’d receive $5000 per month for 5 years PLUS a 10% equity share.
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