David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. From traditional equity VC, Flexible VC borrows the option to pursue and reap the rewards of an outsized exit. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. Equity Ownership. Yes, typically preferred equity.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Gust

DECEMBER 15, 2013

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals.

Bootstrapping 183

Bootstrapping Sweat Equity Entrepreneur Technical Review 183

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. The next sale isn’t quite as sweet.). We just announced a few more things. Late last year we passed $100M in annual recurring revenue. I’ve always said nothing beats the high of getting that first customer to sign up.

Engineer 152

Engineer Revenue San Francisco Security 152

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Separate marketing from sales for further leverage.

Mezzanine 368

Mezzanine Private Equity Bandwidth Metrics 368

Startup Company Lawyer

AUGUST 31, 2012

Quick answer: convertible equity (or a convertible security) is convertible debt without the repayment feature at maturity or interest. ” In response, Seth Levine wrote a very thoughtful post on convertible debt versus equity. Fred Wilson has been openly critical of convertible debt , and prefers priced equity rounds.

Convertible Security 73

Convertible Security Equity Security Preferred Stock 73

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. Forms of funding. ? Equity investment. Equity investment is the most popular and most talked-about avenue for startup funding. Equity investors.

Startup 150

Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

This article highlights their advice on issues ranging from financing to patent trolls: While startups may believe lawyers are too costly, working with one early on avoids potentially serious problems later. Entrepreneurs need to hit a happy medium with backers, not giving away too much but not making overly aggressive demands.

Convertible Security 100

Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR).

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Hillcrest Merchant Partners concentrates on investing their own capital in early stage companies, and advisory areas that include equity and debt structuring, reverse takeovers, M&A advisory and private to public processes. Mark Attanasio: Financing can be an ongoing, underlying issue, but there are so many speed bumps on the way.

Partner 113

Partner Technical Review Management Due Diligence 113

Up and Running

DECEMBER 4, 2017

You can also be an entrepreneur by acquiring someone else’s company and making it better—growing sales and increasing profitability—as an equity-owning CEO. Are the ownership and business demands a good fit for your lifestyle? It’s also important to remember that a successful business owner probably doesn’t need the sale.

Due Diligence 97

Due Diligence Acquisition Demand Small Business 97

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Separate marketing from sales for further leverage.

Mezzanine 244

Mezzanine Private Equity Startup Bandwidth 244

Growthink Blog

JUNE 17, 2012

The depressing and high-anxiety inducing combination of punchless public equity markets, historically low interest rates, and significant inflation risk has fueled desperate pleas for new, workable, and performing investment ideas and strategies.

Private Equity 69

Private Equity Harvest Equity Finance 69

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

You’re using debt to finance your business, and it has to be repaid to your creditor with interest. If customers are buying your products in high volumes, you’ll want to be able to purchase enough inventory to meet their demand. You Won’t Be Selling Equity In Your Business. You’ll Build Your Credit .

Equity 90

Equity Finance Campaign Revenue 90

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

To secure financing, the property must be at least the value of the sale price. This is typically 20 percent of the sale price of the property. To determine if they will lend, most investors also take into consideration things like the area and the demand for local rental real estate. Loan Requirements Differ.

Equity 140

Equity Finance Security Demand 140

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

Building Your SaaS Sales Compensation Plan. Compensating the sales force is a difficult task and the key is usually to keep things simple, so that each sales rep knows what he needs to optimize to make more money at the end of the quarter. which is very close to the typical 8% paid for sales commissions.

Software Review 91

Software Review Clawback Sales Salary 91

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 21, 2012

Money Magazine : Get the app from the nation’s largest personal finance magazine, with easy navigation and clear text, pictures, and illustrations. Thomson Reuters Marketboard : Students and professionals alike can take advantage of this app to learn about global equity performance. School Specials.

Audio 185

Audio eCommerce Stock Technical Review 185

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

There is a high demand for safety equipment like gloves, masks, personal protective equipment, and medical equipment such as pulse-oximeters and oxygen cylinders during this pandemic situation. I plan to use a combination of personal capital, debt financing, and private equity investment to fund the business.

Affiliate 62

Affiliate United States Entrepreneur Software Review 62

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s not a ruse devised by greedy vulture capitalists vying for extra points of equity. You still signed that 5-year office lease, hired support, sales, and engineering, and brought in training, a comptroller, and a business operations person. You trade money for speed — recruiting, contractors, office space, finance.

Revenue 270

Revenue Finance Equity Engineer 270

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2019

One of the risks you take when deciding to become an entrepreneur is not having stable finances. This often demands becoming more financially literate and acquiring the right information. There are several popular ways to make money through property which are by leasing, home-renovation flips, short sales and vacation rentals.

Security 113

Security Entrepreneur Salary Equity 113

Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

It describes the product/service, who is it for, what channel sells/deliver it, how demand is created, how does the company make money, etc. Staff functions in finance, human resources, legal departments and business units developed Key Performance Indicators, processes, procedures and goals to measure, control and execute.

IRR 335

IRR Startup Business Model Agile 335

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The best exit from a business is through a trade sale for cash. While capital finance investors often have a much longer term outlook for a business, option traders are the opposite, looking for short-term gains. When trading options get in on the investment bandwagon.

Stock 166

Stock Stock Options Startup Security 166

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. We plan to raise $2.5m

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Gust

OCTOBER 21, 2011

For convertible notes, the only liquidity event we need be concerned with is an acquisition of the startup in the near future, before the maturity date; otherwise, the notes will convert to equity of one kind or another, and the eventual sale of that equity (in a public offering, acquisition, or private sale) is a different subject for another day.

Finance 79

Finance Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet Liquidity Event 79

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

In today’s installment of our convertible debt series, we cover a specific case where the company is acquired before the debt converts into equity. In this case, the convertible debt document doesn’t allow the debt to convert into anything, but at the same time mandates that upon a sale the debt must be paid off.

Conversion 96

Conversion Sales Later Stage Preferred Stock 96

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Separate marketing from sales for further leverage.

Mezzanine 141

Mezzanine Private Equity Startup Bandwidth 141

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Many aspiring entrepreneurs jump ship from corporate environments, complaining that they want to be their own boss, only to find that investors are more demanding bosses than the ones they left. You don’t have to fight for your equity, and no one can slow you down in decision making. Keep later critical financing needs viable.

Bootstrapping 120

Bootstrapping Entrepreneur Startup Exit Strategy 120

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

This is typically in conjunction with an upcoming financing or pending takeover offer. Supply and demand. To start, let’s not forget about the obvious: the natural economic principles of supply and demand apply to valuing your business. your equity in a hot new patented technology business), the higher the demand (e.g.,

Valuation 167

Valuation Forecast Seed Stage .Net 167

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy. Our founders realized that investors needed to learn interactively, on-demand, on very specific topics, and in an atmosphere of trust. Or, you can go straight to the source. It started in healthcare.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Separate marketing from sales for further leverage.

Mezzanine 240

Mezzanine Private Equity Bandwidth Metrics 240

Up and Running

JUNE 25, 2014

Hopefully I’ll be able to add some value with some of the financing needs that your businesses may need. You may be a manufacturer or a distributor and you can buy the products that you sell for pennies on the dollar because one of your suppliers is having a fire sale. Then we look at what the small business financing needs.

Small Business 89

Small Business SBA Finance Bankruptcy 89

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

VC Financings: 1. Summit is a hugely respected firm in Silicon Valley and a long-term “institution&# but they’re better known as more of a “private equity&# investor meaning that they do later stage investments in much larger companies that are profitable. I keep meaning to get him drunk to spill the stories.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Cofounder Spain San Diego 270

Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 16, 2022

In 2021, cannabis sales reached about $25 billion. This illustrates the growing demand for the product as it serves a variety of purposes. You can do so by restructuring your business to meet the industry’s growing demands. Do You Have the Finances for a Restructure?

Early Stage 59

Early Stage Business Plan Audience Hiring 59

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Very few startups are cash-rich enough to self-finance aggressive second-stage growth. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Separate marketing from sales for further leverage.

Mezzanine 120

Mezzanine Private Equity Startup Bandwidth 120

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

“Small businesses should be a top consideration as the President and other legislators seek to jump start job creation,” says John Paglia, lead researcher of the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project and associate professor of finance at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management. Positions In Demand.

Small Business 145

Small Business Hiring Private Equity Angel Financing 145

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. You’re a small fish. This team is talented. They wanted advice.

Silicon Valley 332

Silicon Valley IP Dividend Finance 332

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Economic growth is generally measured by equity, bond, and commodity prices. This is known as an adverse demand shock. Recessions impact GDP, income, industrial production, employment, and wholesale and retail sales. Anatomy of a Recession. General drops in spending can cause a recession. Portfolio Management and the Recession.

Intellectual Property 92

Intellectual Property Portfolio Analytics Equity 92

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. Somehow many first-time founders equate “sales” with something that is beneath them. In sales there are also three rules: Qualify, qualify, qualify.

Term Sheet 332

Term Sheet Due Diligence Campaign Sales 332