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Build Your Startup on a Vacant Domain Name

David Teten

Another option: look on the sites of such domain name investors as Archeo , Demand Media , GlobalVentures , iREIT (portfolio handled by DomainHoldings), Oversee.net , and World Accelerator. If we find the right partner, we can be flexible in deal structures to best align everyone’s interests.

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Build Your Startup on a Vacant Domain Name

David Teten

Another option: look on the sites of such domain name investors as Archeo , Demand Media , GlobalVentures , iREIT (portfolio handled by DomainHoldings), Oversee.net , and World Accelerator. If we find the right partner, we can be flexible in deal structures to best align everyone’s interests.

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The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

One of the people I respect the most in the VC/PE media ecosystem is Dan Primack. Yes, the infrastructure is cheap (to start), but the human costs have gone up dramatically. Because of this the first mention of a company in the press/media is usually concurrent with their Seed round financing announcement.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

Design, development, and digital media shops, sometimes just a few years old, are doing bigger and bigger projects and come bearing cash flow and that scarcest resource, talent. In exchange for equity, we discount the project cost, which is already low because we offshore most of our development, by 10-15%.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Ultimately, finding a low-cost, repeatable way to show customers how to be successful with your solution is as important as the solution itself. You put into words what we were thinking for our cost of client. Michael Kassing. Let me just say "Thanks". You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts.