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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

Few entrepreneurs find this scalable and repeatable business model because it’s not easy. The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0 The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0 Late stage large regionally based funds that invest in late stage or mezzanine deals.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

has open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0, A similar, open-source, highly visual tool focused on VC is Venture Dealr. Typical business stage. An already proven business model and its already valuable assets. Typical business model. Another tool is NoteGenie.io.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. They have open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0, We are committed to open-sourcing our learnings and materials.

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Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3

Both Sides of the Table

If you don’t want to read that post, the summary is: Open source computing drove computing costs down 90%, which spurred innovation in technology. Open cloud led by Amazon with their AWS services drove total operating costs down by 90%. The other major trend seems to be pulling in the opposite direction.