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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

When I first began in this industry, people would claim that it’s cheap to start a software company. It is no longer cheap to start a software company. Seed is the new Series A. (~$2M used get for building product, establishing product-market fit and early revenue). Q: How are most Pre-Seed deals structured?

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

Recognizing the need for creative investment structures in their Colorado market, they cofounded the Alternative Capital Summit , creating the first community of Flexible VCs and alternative startup investors. . We determine a salary cap with the founder based on a software engineer in the closest major city.

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

Cracking the Code

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. “Just say no” to on-premise deployments The most important part of Software-as-a-Service isn’t “Software” it’s “Service”! Cracking The Code. at 11:09 AM.