David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

So you’re interested in raising capital from a Revenue-Based Investor VC. A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors (“RBI”) are emerging. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. Rational burn profile, up to 50% of revenue at close, scaling down.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. So what is Revenue Based Investing? Absolutely not.

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Revenue Term Sheet Founder Technical Review 60

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. It always reduces risk to plan your business first. Set expectations accordingly.

Intellectual Property 219

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 219

The Startup Magazine

JULY 7, 2022

All businesses have expenses and should have mechanisms to help them create budgets and track spending. It is common for startups to focus their expense management efforts only on their overall monthly expenses. Reimbursing employees for out-of-pocket business expenses. Start expense management early.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Creating a financial plan enables companies to predict expenditures and create an effective plan for incoming revenue. An operative budgeting strategy also helps businesses measure performance against expenditure and gives management the go-ahead to appoint resources that contribute to the company’s success. .

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Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

But other businesses like law firms, contracting firms, real estate firms, will take hits, too. Your revenue plans are no longer valid. What’s your monthly cash burn at your new low revenue level? Days 3 and 4: Prepare new business model and operating plan. The ripple effects won’t be obvious at first.

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South Korea Salary Business Model China 333

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. It always reduces risk to plan your business first. Set expectations accordingly.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 283

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. It always reduces risk to plan your business first. Set expectations accordingly.

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Product Development Cost Developer Product 177

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

A version of this article appeared in the Harvard Business Review. The entrepreneur who founded and grew the largest startup in the world to $10 billion in revenue and got fired is someone you have probably never heard of. Sloan’s book My Years with General Motors , written half a century ago, is still a readable business classic.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

At Wildcat, we recommend benchmarking your startup against the four core architectural pillars of the Traction Gap Framework: product , revenue , team and systems. Revenue Architecture. A comprehensive revenue architecture should be designed to enable a startup to generate and monetize awareness, engagement and usage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. It always reduces risk to plan your business first. Set expectations accordingly.

Intellectual Property 309

Intellectual Property Technical Review Venture Capital Startup 309

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2020

A new challenge has bloomed for founders and managers in the Covid-19 era –how do they set key performance indicators (KPIs) for the years ahead? The start of a new quarter prompts common questions from start-up founder’s and executives across Asia: What are our revenues and sales targets? How much further will our revenues drop?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

At Wildcat, we recommend benchmarking your startup against the four core architectural pillars of the Traction Gap Framework: product , revenue , team and systems. Revenue Architecture. A comprehensive revenue architecture should be designed to enable a startup to generate and monetize awareness, engagement and usage.

Framework 113

Framework Architecture Cleveland Early Stage 113

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. As two fund managers employing Flexible VC, we think it is a healthy addition to the ecosystem and will yield more predictable and stable healthy returns for investors. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. Of the Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. It always reduces risk to plan your business first. Set expectations accordingly.

Intellectual Property 134

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 134

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 23, 2013

Marketo filed for IPO with impressive 80% year-over-year growth in 2012, with almost $60m in revenue. of revenue, force-feeding sales pipelines with an unprofitable product. So no, this upside-down business model isn’t what a SaaS business should construct. SaaS companies earn their revenue over time.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2021

Various business models in an on-demand courier delivery app. Business to Consumer (B2C) – It is the most common type of business model. Real-time supply chain management – and live monitoring of inventory and fleet will help entrepreneurs track parcels 24×7.

Technical Review 163

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Demand Social Media 163

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 10, 2017

Investors want to see in-depth financial reports that reinforce the startup has an organized business model with potential for revenue growth. These software programs are more efficient for managing a company’s finances. Professional accounting systems like Sage and Xero can help startups in this area.

Software Review 124

Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 124

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

— Unremarked and unheralded, the balance of power between startup CEOs and their investors has radically changed: IPOs/M&A without a profit (or at times revenue) have become the norm. Typically, this caliber of bankers wouldn’t talk to you unless your company had five profitable quarters of increasing revenue. Board Control.

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Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 245

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

Live operations refer to the ongoing management and maintenance of a game after its initial launch, and can include things like events, updates, and community management. How did the video game business evolve from its packaged goods roots in the early '90s to the complex, multi-platform, online business of today?

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Generative AI San Francisco Technical Review Europe 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. In my experience as a new business advisor, a business is nothing until people are aligned and work in sync. Key activities. Try this one.

Business Model 143

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 1, 2023

Make a budget and keep a close watch on the finances , ensuring that there are no unnecessary expenses. 3- Manage debts proactively. If possible, settle debts before being subject to inflationary costs for your business. Debts can be deadly to manage when costs and expenditures are already high. 9- Stay transparent.

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Entrepreneur Software Review Technical Review Revenue 91

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

Designing Your Business Model Crafting a business model is like building a blueprint for your venture. Revenue streams are another critical component of your business model. Revenue streams are another critical component of your business model.

Intellectual Property 130

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Business Model Bootstrapping 130

Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2019

The class was unique in that it was 1) team-based, 2) experiential, 3) lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering). When we started this class, the concept of Lean (business models, customer development, agile, pivots, mvp’s) was new to everyone. Class Velocity/Depth.

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Lean Business Model Balance Sheet Video 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. It always reduces risk to plan your business first. Set expectations accordingly.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 120

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Next year, we are pivoting our business to focus more on helping businesses with their online visibility and reputation management. Our goal is to help businesses cut through the noise and be seen as thought leaders in their industry. 21- Handling finances better. #2- Improve online visibility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2022

After many years in business, I’m convinced that none of us has the strengths and interest in all the areas needed for success, including solution changes, finance, marketing, and operations. If your relish the challenges of creating an innovative solution or business model, then this is the type of work you must seek.

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Metrics Early Stage Finance Programming 272

Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

How to prepare a sales forecast for a business plan » March 09, 2011. How should I finance my new venture? It’s a deceptively simple question:  what is the optimal way to finance a new startup?   Sometimes, the bonus in bootstrapping is that the venture finds it doesn’t need acceleration financing. 

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Finance Bootstrapping Startup Equity 83

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. I’m here with some really phenomenal CEOs who are going to talk to us today about small business finances from funding to growth.

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Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2022

The three main components of a company are production or service, marketing and sales, and finance. Production or service is the business’s core activity, which generates revenue. Finance is how you manage your finances, including budgeting, accounting, and bookkeeping. Financing Your Startup.

Technology 137

Technology Venture Capital Finance Startup 137

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Your time at ESADE has trained you to become a global business leader. But the world you lead will be much different from the one your professors knew or your predecessors managed. Yet in the face of all this change, traditional firms continue to embrace a management ethos that values efficiency over innovation. Innovation.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Write your business plan and develop your business model with this in mind so you can avoid these issues. . You can choose from a few different types of business plans depending on your needs. If you’re seeking investment, you need a traditional business plan. Team: Who is on your management team?

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Business Plan Technical Review Forecast Software Review 154

Up and Running

MARCH 14, 2018

Your revenue or business model. Most startup teams are missing some key talent—be it marketing, management expertise, programmers, sales, operations, financial management, and so on. Show what you’re projecting in revenue (per product) over the next three to five years. How will you make money ?

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Hockey Stick Exit Strategy Technical Review Angel Investor 164

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 6, 2013

Thus “creative” really means maximizing non-bank financing. While sizing up the alternatives, I couldn’t help but pick up a new book by Karlene Sinclair-Robinson with the creative title of “ Spank the Bank: The Guide to Alternative Business Financing.” Vendor financing. Purchase order financing. IRA financing.

Finance 243

Finance Startup Equity Early Stage 243

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Duffy emphasizes the often overlooked personal side of entrepreneurship, including balancing finances, relationships, and your health. That means coming up with revenue and expense assumptions that balance your natural optimism and determine how much cash the business will really need. Moderate your optimism.

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Early Stage Bootstrapping Revenue Framework 307