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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Part of the magic of revenue-based financing is how historical performance and strong, achievable financial projections are ultimately the backbone of how RBI/RBF investment decisions are made.” Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%

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VC Optimism Returning But More Pain Ahead In Their Portfolios

Hunter Walker

The number of startups who raised money beyond the ‘Unicorn’ benchmark grew so dramatically before the 2022 reset that there is just simply farther to fall when many of these fail to grow into their targets, or disappear completely. Valuations. Whatever gets reported is just the tip of the iceberg.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

August 20, 2017: This is another in my series of posts all leading up to a book on Startup Decision Making. One of the most common mistakes I see in startups is making decisions that lose sight of the context , including the past, present, and future. Sooner or later everybody in a startup knows what everyone else is getting paid.

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Startup Founder Agreements

blog.simeonov.com

I have been thinking a lot recently about how to apply agile development principles to investing and key aspects of startup development such as team building. The first post is about agile startup fundraising. The follow-on post is about agile startup team building. If you’ve read and liked these posts, let others know.

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