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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten

The RBI investment model better aligns incentives between VCs and a founder who chooses to bootstrap. With less restrictions, more Tampa Bay companies are turning to revenue-based financing. However, according to Bryce Roberts, co-founder of Indie.VC, only 0.6% of founders raise VC; the other 99.4% There’s an alternative to VC.

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Risk Avoiders Are Opportunity Missers: 10 Excuses Business Owners Make

YoungUpstarts

And when you’re bootstrapping a business, a mistake can be even more costly than not leveraging a chance for advancement. As CEO of spin-off RME in Tampa, Florida, Tom headed a company that created the most effective lead-generation program in the financial services industry. Excuse # 2: “I tried that once, and it didn’t work.”.

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13 Of The Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make (That May Not Seem Like Mistakes At All)

YoungUpstarts

And when you’re bootstrapping a business, a mistake can be even more costly than not leveraging a chance for advancement. As CEO of spin-off RME in Tampa, Florida, Tom headed a company that created the most effective lead-generation program in the financial services industry. Refusing to “try, try again.”.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Dedicated To Steve Jobs, Reinforcing Mission To Restructure Capitalism

ReadWriteStart

Our community has successfully established a culture of bootstrapping as a counterforce to the compulsive rush to financing that entrepreneurs often mistakenly engage in, only to be rejected over and again by investors. Dan Stewart, from Tampa/St. This, of course, doesn't mean that we discourage entrepreneurs from seeking financing.