David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised from angels.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The book has been shepherded and edited by a great Japanese VC at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, Takashi Tsutsumi, with help from Masato Iino. Maysee now enjoys hockey stick revenue growth. Some have actually established new startups with tested business model hypotheses under their belt.

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Japan Customer Development Developer Customer 300

Up and Running

MARCH 14, 2018

Your revenue or business model. Show what you’re projecting in revenue (per product) over the next three to five years. If your financial chart shows “hockey-stick growth,” be sure to explain what happens to cause those inflection points. Investors tend to care about this slide the most.

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Hockey Stick Exit Strategy Technical Review Angel Investor 164

Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2010

Now with customers and early revenue, it was out raising its first round of venture money. Not only did their sales curve look like a textbook case of a VC-friendly hockey stick, but their Lessons Learned funding presentation was an eye-opener.). Lets take venture capital and grow this thing into a real business.”.

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Hockey Stick Venture Capital Startup Cofounder 293

Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

Everyone seems to know someone who has raised huge amounts of venture capital without ever putting together even back of the envelope projections. The objections range from "its hard", "nobody believes them" to "all hockey sticks look alike". Is the model consistent with the business plan?

Silicon Valley 35

Silicon Valley San Jose Hockey Stick Venture Capital 35

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Now you’re going to move into your revenue model. Okay, so now your revenue model, so this is—. He had two million people visiting his site, but no revenue, but yet he sold for $40 million. Pitching a Business entrepreneur funding pitching startup venture capital webinar'

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Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60