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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Flexible VCs have created structures based on other company performance metrics than revenues, such as profits or founder salaries. Founder Earnings” (Founder Salaries + Dividends + Retained Earnings).

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

They’re looking to be paid properly in the context of the overall salary structure, including cash, benefits, and equity, and to be paid commensurate with performance. Is there a development step that you must take to fulfill demand for a particular use case, and, if so, how does that cost get absorbed? Are the logistics manageable?

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Big Data: Overhyped And Overpaid?

readwrite.com

Gartner claims that Big Data is overhyped and about to fall into the trough of disillusionment, but salaries for Big Data pros suggest that enterprises are. So much so, in fact, that enterprises are paying a premium to hire job candidates with Big Data-relevant technology skills, as Dice.coms 2012-2013 annual salary survey reveals.

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6 critical tips for launching a startup while holding a day job | VentureBeat

venturebeat.com

As for the employer, I would say don't compete with your employer and don't come close to using any IP of theirs. You have a salary and probably won't be as money conscious a full time entrepreneur, so you will tend to spend more, sometimes to cover your guilt for not being there always. A couple thoughts: 1.

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Will Global Tech Giants Destroy Israel’s Startup Scene?

The Startup Magazine

Startups created within Israel would then use the talent nurtured by international firms to develop IPs and brands that were totally Israeli. The supply of tech employees doesn’t seem to be increasing to meet the demand either. As multinationals enter the country, they are willing to offer higher salaries for talented employees.

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Covid-19 is a marathon, not a sprint, for startups in US, UK and Israel

VC Cafe

The Israeli Innovation Authority (IIA) announced last week an immediate infusion of NIS 500 million (approximately $141 million) to qualifying startups (significant IP, previous funding) and less than 12 months of runway. Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP.

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