ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Whether it is credit or equity, funding is very, very tight. VCs ONLY want to invest in momentum deals, which means you already have serious customer validation and traction and you are looking to raise money to scale your business. Because customer financing equals revenue, not equity. This is important, so please listen up.

Cloud 115

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity. In my roundtables, the vast majority of entrepreneurs I work with are in this rather vulnerable pre $1 million revenue stage.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 2011

make so little use of the affiliate business model for monetization purposes? Please use the comments below to give your thoughts and analyses on why you think Twitter is not using the affiliate business model to monetize its immense traffic. This is a question I would like to address to you guys as well. Don't miss it!

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VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

“As big businesses begin to measure their impact, they begin to show it is fundamental to their future business models.” Impact tech investors include Bridges Fund Managements, DBL, Accion, Elevar equity and Patamar, among others. Sir Ronald Cohen.

Venture Capital 174

Venture Capital Global South Africa 174

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. model legal documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Legal, Equity, etc. Y Combinator : They provide a series of AA equity financing documents that are written with simpler words so start-up companies will have an easier starting point.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

And that’s all not to mention the hours and hours we spent at the coffee shop discussing equity. Very soon I was doing Business Model Canvases for everything (of course, I hadn’t even read the entire book yet). Boy, did we all put up a hard fight in our heads for those dreamy millions!

Lean 165

Lean Nebraska San Francisco Silicon Valley 165

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

And, oh by the way, we also really like the idea of the 1M/1M entrepreneurs building valuation and negotiating leverage through these business development efforts, instead of signing off large chunks of their company in form of equity early on. Photo by nosheep. Discuss.

Dilution 114

Dilution Revenue Finance Entrepreneur 114

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. I’m not afraid to pick up the phone, cold call someone, use LinkedIn to find someone who’s recently left a company that might be considered competitive and ask them for advise around the business model and marketplace.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Don’t exacerbate the issue by needing to figure out how to deal with a large equity deadweight on your hands (investors won’t like that the #2 stakeholder is absent, even estranged, from your company). So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders. Author : Todd.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

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.

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Darfur Sudan Cofounder United Kingdom 122

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

20 – To Blend A Beautiful Business Model. I started my business with my fiancé because of our combined skills and experiences. When we blended together we were able to create a beautiful business model that has proven to be a success for us and our clients. Greene, Land Carroll & Blair PC ! #20

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

The programmer will probably not understand your business model, and therefore cant help you point out anything that doesnt make sense in the requirements. Dont make cheap skate equity offers, with programmer getting equity share of first employee and salary of founder(nothing or next to nothing). Insightful.

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The rest can be outsourced to wherever (Estonia – Skype; someone mentioned digg above; you can even send this junk to India and get it with questionable quality). Thus had to spend hard cash building a half way completed demo outsourced to India. link] SEO India Wonderful!! So, the guy is BS-ting you, people.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84