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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

He is also a serial fintech entrepreneur with two exits; Founder of HBS Alumni Angels of NY , the largest angel group on the East Coast; and Founder of PEVCTech.com , an online community for investors in private companies who use technology to do their jobs more effectively. Purpose Ventures’ deal structures are bespoke to each company.

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How to value your company for sale (Part 2)

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Most entrepreneurs would love to be in a position to have to decide! There are plenty of folks who wouldn’t sell their company for a billion dollars; Jason Fried and Joel Spolsky are public examples from the bootstrapped startup world. That means you have to be that sure that that’s the number, regardless of deal structure.

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Are Investors Being Unreasonable? - Startups and angels: Along the.

Tim Keane

Who the entrepreneur takes money from (see this post ) is always more important than the terms. "  The problem has been that too-high valuations and too generous terms have spawned painful down rounds that squash the entrepreneur and his early investors.    If the entrepreneur can bootstrap.