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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

We have a special program if you are pre-seed and need product development. In 2019 we partnered with several revenue-based lending providers, effectively creating a marketplace. “. Benefits: Non-dilutive, flexible credit offerings that fit SMB or enterprise SaaS. Alternative Capital. “ You qualify if you have $5k+ MRR.

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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development

Startup Lessons Learned

Instead of that naive approach, I wish Id had a book like this one, to help me figure out how to get started with customer development step-by-step. Brant and Patrick undertook a difficult challenge: to provide a generally accessible introduction to Customer Development, without diluting its impact or dumbing-down its principles.

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How the pre-seed round made a comeback in 2024

VC Cafe

To reduce the impact of dilution, the expectation is that startup valuation should more or less double between the pre-seed to the seed, and seed to series A (ideally backed by reasonable traction/ revenue multiples). We’d like to see that the relevant functions are covered (who’s writing code?

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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. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs. Rock Health).

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Why Startups Die

The Next Web

Startups die due to a variety of causes. I have witnessed startup failures that were due to predictable co-founder conflicts. I have heard many founders — even in the first few months of product development — expect to raise seed rounds, pay themselves salaries, etc. You can follow him @amontalenti on Twitter.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

But in these years I learned how to sell software – necessity is the mother of all invention. I learned how to better run a product management process. I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process. I learned how to do a pipeline review with sales people without getting bullshitted to.

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90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

betashop.com

This past week while I was in Tokyo for meetings with potential partners for Fab, I was invited to participate in a panel discussion on startups. million registered users, 7500 supplier partners, 600 team members, and a run-rate of more than $150M in sales in just 15 months. The discussion quickly turned to those 57 things.