2005 Business Model Distribution Equity 
Professor VC
JUNE 20, 2011
I took a look back at our original financial model we presented to VCs in 2004. The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. offering to invest $75K if we could find another $250K by September 30, 2005.
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
What was a Series A round in 2005 is now a pre-seed or seed round. For a Series A round you want to prove you have built a repeatable and scalable sales/revenue model and understand all parts of the business model. Series B is about proving your net revenue model (can you be profitable?). Business Model.
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www.paulgraham.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Sacrificing Users to (Supposed) Profit When I said at the beginning that if you make something users want,youll be fine, you may have noticed I didnt mention anything abouthaving the right business model. It is irresponsible not to think about business models. Thats not because making moneyis unimportant.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 12, 2010
Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. We also discussed having distributed teams (e.g. RockYou (US) was founded in Redwood City in November 2005 by Lance Tokuda and Jia Shen.
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. also, like i said, pre-launch, the business guy doesn’t provide much value. after launch, however, having a good business guy becomes very important. Twitter is an excellent distribution channel for us. (B)
David Teten
JUNE 7, 2011
Until recently, most Internet innovation has centered around improvements — big improvements, but incremental ones nonetheless — to existing business models and familiar social structures: Amazon is the ultimate retail destination, Zipcar the ubiquitous rental-car agency; Meetup is a sewing circle on steroids.
www.vccafe.com
MARCH 11, 2013
Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Updated Business tools for Startups. free, distributed source code control management system. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. model legal documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Legal, Equity, etc.
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