David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

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. Too often, investment structures force the management team to make decisions between misaligned growth and investment (return) objectives. Funder Category. Example VC.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

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. As the venture capital business has come roaring back in the last 5 years, startups are awash in available capital. Innovation.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

  I’ve sat down with entrepreneurs and a copy of a term sheet guide I like [ “Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations ” by Alex Wilmerding, Aspatore Press.]   Internal Rates of Return naturally compound, so a 50% IRR is 7.59

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David Teten

AUGUST 21, 2019

Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? From the founders’ point of view, the advantages of the RBI model are: Greater control over the company. The RBI investor is motivated to help the company grow because that speeds up the pace of revenue payback, and therefore IRR.

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Revenue Liquidation Preference Equity Cofounder 60

Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

In other parts of the country, this is business as usual: Identify a customer need Build a product Sell the product In the valley, the knee jerk reaction is to start with the powerpoint deck and look for the venture capital drug. Jon Fisher purposely avoided raising venture capital in his ventures.

Bootstrapping 28

Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Software Review 28

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). Venture News.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. For example, I’m an investor via ff Venture Capital in: – Plated.com is a meal kit company, delivering you the recipe and fresh ingredients to make a gourmet meal in your own kitchen.

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