Deal Structure Management Revenue Startup 
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?
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Investing has always (and will always) come with a long laundry list of liabilities that can deter even the most experienced investors from making a generous contribution to a startup or early-stage company they believe in. The financial set up pertaining to any sealed investment is a crucial piece of the startup assessment puzzle.
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 17, 2019
Why start from scratch when you can get a great deal on what someone else started? In today’s sexy startup culture, buying an existing business has lost its vogue. They manage all the customer relationships. The opportunity: Use this as a negotiating point when bargaining for the deal. They make all the sales.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 13, 2014
Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). Startup CEO experience (Founded P.S. XO along with my good friend Soleil Moon Frye. But there are tons of great startup folks so you need a narrower filter.
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. How would one set up such a startup to eventually raise capital from outside VCs, who will be wary of ‘dead equity’ (i.e.,
Duct Tape Marketing
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
because they'll come into the business and take over the owner's position and role, and they'll start to manage the business. The reason people pay for goodwill is to avoid the danger and risk of a startup. Let's talk about some of the deal structures you've seen. Now, that's what goodwill is. 09:23): Sure.
Tim Keane
AUGUST 20, 2009
Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Ask any of us who've experienced significant down rounds based on some or all of these things, and one begins to understand the cautionary nature of deal structures. up to $10MM in revenue. up to $10MM in revenue. up to $10MM in revenue.
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