Deal Structure Hiring Marketing Revenue 
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Evaluate the marketing and monetization strategies set in place. These two requirements are possessing smart marketing and monetization strategies. If a company has no revenue model to reference or use as a guide, it will not survive the imminent four year mark that makes or breaks their business.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 13, 2014
Thus began my marketing campaign. Helped merge company with Seedling – on track to do $20 million combined revenue in 2015 – will now become Chairman). People often ask me what VCs look for when we hire partners and many have asked how to become VCs themselves one day. And the contractions always come back.
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David Teten
JANUARY 21, 2021
This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?
K9 Ventures
OCTOBER 10, 2017
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. Seed is the new Series A. (~$2M used get for building product, establishing product-market fit and early revenue). By definition, yes.
Duct Tape Marketing
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
The Dos And Don’ts Of Selling Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with David Barnett In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview David Barnett. 18:54] What’s marketing look like for selling a business? [20:48] This is John Jantsch.
David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
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. Accounting for those resources as “investment” at fair market value is a pretty straightforward way to value contribution.
Cracking the Code
OCTOBER 10, 2008
Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Posted by Philippe Botteri.
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