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How VCs Think About Adding New Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Her network from her educational institutions alone has friends in all of the top tech, media & banking institutions. In Kara’s case I got to see her work on deal structuring first hand having worked closely with her on her board at P.S. XO. Kara has worked in finance in Boston, NYC and Silicon Valley.

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

David Teten

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. Vlad is also the CEO at DarwinApps , a software development shop.

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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. Unless every aspect of product development is covered by founders who are only receiving equity, there are other parts of building a product that will require hiring highly qualified people. Q: How are most Pre-Seed deals structured?

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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. Until domain names are developed, domain owners monetize their domains through platforms (e.g.,

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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. Until domain names are developed, domain owners monetize their domains through platforms (e.g.,

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

Cracking the Code

As all good sales VPs will tell you, the compensation plans of the sales team will drive behavior, so it is critically important that you structure the sales and account management plans to align with the key metrics of your business: CMRR, Churn, and Cash flow. Philippe Botteri. Bessemer SaaS Law #5.