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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. Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. has open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0,

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Understanding the Risks of VC Signaling

Both Sides of the Table

We used the Y Combinator open source term sheet. We signed the term sheet within 48 hours and had funded in under 2 weeks. They were grateful for the extra money as their launch was overwhelmingly successful and they had to rapidly hire staff to support customer demand. We took the $500k.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. For our content creation, we use tools such as Canva (graphic design) and GoToStage (webinars platform) to create and share content for prospects to find.”.