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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Eligible for favorable treatment under Qualified Small Business Stock exemption, if structured as equity. This applies if the investment converts into common stock; details are beyond this essay’s scope. Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate.

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Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Facebook admits as much that the ad business, which again accounts for the vast majority of revenues (85%), has seasonality in line with the media industry generally with a strong Q4 and weak Q1. In fact Facebook’s ad revenue dropped in absolute terms slightly (about -3%) from Q4 2010 to Q1 2011. billion in cash profit last year.

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