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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. 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. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog.

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The Community Comeback: 14 Ways Local Leaders Are Reshaping America

YoungUpstarts

They’re using community dashboards to keep critical metrics front and center. Just like a company, a community needs objective metrics to know how healthy they are, to identify areas that need improvement, and to gauge progress over time. They’re managing incentives more thoughtfully. Are there a lot of Millennials?

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Don't forget to look at venture debt when raising a new round

BeyondVC

In addition, while most associate venture debt with investments in companies with core technology, more and more venture debt firms are back and willing to offer capital to earlier stage web-based companies with no financial covenants and MAC (material adverse change) clauses.

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Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons

www.igda.org

Ive spent 20 years developing and managing software projects. But, over time, I noticed that the productivity losses that result from working too many extra hours start taking a bigger toll faster than most software managers realize. What Management Wants.