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

David Teten

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Kauffman Foundation: Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs: Removing Barriers.

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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. The latter is the domain of venture capital, but the former is what we need to build the foundation for Capitalism 2.0