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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Non-dilutive Financing Through Revenue Sharing

ReadWriteStart

I have discussed at length why revenue sharing channel deals may serve as perfectly fine alternatives to raising equity (or even complements) because of their non-dilutive nature. It certainly will be a better way to bootstrap the company. million in revenue. SOCO Games. The business is already profitable with $2.9

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One (round) and Done

Bryce Dot VC

Call it Bootstrap+, Fundstrapping or Series 1 and done, there seems to be a move towards simplifying the various funding schemes and getting down to the business of building a real business. Reliance on revenue keeps them close to their customers.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

But of course, the model had us requiring only $10M equity to breakeven and to achieve $185M in revenues in 2008 (the magic Year 5 in all business plans). While bootstrapping, there are multiple options from doing as a side project, changing the business, raising angel or venture, etc. Bootstrapping 101. ► September. (1).

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How much equity for investors and employees?

dondodge.typepad.com

The second and third rounds of funding take additional shares of equity and dilute existing investors and founders. They start out higher and get diluted down to these levels after multiple rounds of financing; CEO - 4% VPs - 1% each Director level -.5% How much money should I take? 5% Managers -.25% 25% Individuals -.05

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