David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad. Flexible VC: Revenue -based. Of the Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

One of the biggest myths in the business world is that startups are no place for Baby Boomers, that aging generation born between 1945 and 1964. Today people over 55 are almost twice as likely to create successful startups as Gen-Y, age 20 to 34. All the learning from parenting pays big dividends here.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2021

If you’re thinking about starting a tech startup you already know — there are a lot of things to consider. But what if a tech startup uses the LLC structure? And even though an LLC is legally required to report its revenues, profits, and losses, it does not have to pay corporate income taxes on profits. Long-Term Strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

Getting investors to trust you with their money is always a challenge, and it’s even more difficult in the early stages, where you don’t have a significant revenue stream, a few customers, or maybe even a product yet. At these stages, it’s all about you, and your ability to communicate and execute effectively. Surprises during due diligence.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2018

As a startup co-founder with a growing team, here are the recruiting tips I’ve learnt over the last couple of years. You need to sell them on why your startup is the best. For example, if you run a tech startup , you will know how hard it is to find good software engineers. Hiring = Sales. Don’t make the same mistake!

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Getting investors to trust you with their money is always a challenge, and it’s even more difficult in the early stages, where you don’t have a significant revenue stream, a few customers, or maybe even a product yet. At these stages, it’s all about you, and your ability to communicate and execute effectively. Surprises during due diligence.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. How They Make Money: Majority of Kayak’s revenue actually comes from advertising on their site (55%), not lead generation or referral fees to travel suppliers as you might think (more on this below). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. How To Think About The Future.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2021

If you’re thinking about starting a tech startup you already know — there are a lot of things to consider. But what if a tech startup uses the LLC structure? And even though an LLC is legally required to report its revenues, profits, and losses, it does not have to pay corporate income taxes on profits. Long-Term Strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Set pricing to assure both revenue and profit. It pays big dividends to make realistic promises and over-deliver the first time, and then follow-up to check for follow-on opportunities every three months. They expect reviews and testimonials from other clients.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Here are five financial concepts that every startup founder should know to build an everlasting company. Compounding is the ability of an asset to generate earnings that are reinvested in order to generate exponential revenue growth. It has never paid out dividends, and clocks around $200 billion in revenue.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2020

In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. In the interim, there is no market for the shares, and no dividends or interest.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. Apple under Cook has doubled its revenues to $200 billion while doubling profit and tripling the amount of cash it has in the bank (now a quarter of trillion dollars). Lessons Learned.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. Apple under Cook has doubled its revenues to $200 billion while doubling profit and tripling the amount of cash it has in the bank (now a quarter of trillion dollars). Lessons Learned.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors. So, after having built a working business model with a bottom up projection, let’s assume the five year number in this example is $91MM in revenue.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2019

With its generous tax benefits and DLT regulatory framework, Malta is a great destination for startups and entrepreneurs. Artur Hochberg of Malta takes a look at why the country is a good choice for startups. Traditional startup hubs like Berlin, London, and Paris have long dominated the European business landscape.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

At least the first time around, it pays big dividends for an idea person to find a partner with the business skills you haven’t tested yet. The reality is that building a business always takes longer than anticipated, so don’t quit your “day job” until revenue is flowing. Don’t assume you can outsource the implementation decisions.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. He is currently CEO of Bubbly , a social media startup backed by Sequoia Capital, SingTel Innov8, and JAFCO. The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60M in funding. Sequoia , Accel , NEA , etc.).

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 13, 2018

You likely have access to another ready supply of startup capital: your friends. If you’re self-confident enough to sell them on your vision, and said vision is actually worth selling, their largess may be all you need to get from whiteboarding to revenue. Use a Rewards Credit Card. Use a Rewards Credit Card.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 5, 2023

A bonus state is New Hampshire, which also doesn’t charge a state income tax on its residents, but they still need to pay 5% on interests earned and dividends. This is given that states usually compensate for lost revenue through other taxes or cut services. Income Tax appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2016

Unfortunately, as a startup advisor and angel investor, I’ve seen too many ventures with great potential get destroyed or set back by legal and other shortcuts that should never have been allowed to happen. A common myth these days is that every startup needs an investor, and large investments are better than small ones.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. When many of us advisors / investors did our first startups there were very few purely tech media outlets. Should I Bundle it With More Juicy News?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2015

By definition, every startup is predictably unpredictable, since new solutions have no proven track record, startups are usually building a new market, and the world around them is changing faster than ever. Written product specifications and business plans pay big dividends. The market changes faster than your startup.

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The Startup Toolkit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

As a founder, you get a pile of money in one of four ways: You generate profits and keep some (dividends). You’re making solid revenue (e.g. 5mm/year) and someone buys you to add that revenue to their portfolio (revenue-based acquisition). all your revenue comes from one big customer).

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Up and Running

JUNE 12, 2019

Adopting a holistic digital marketing approach pays obvious dividends to a company’s bottom line. If you’ve been running your startup or small business entirely from your Facebook page, it’s a good idea to consider putting together your own website. Hiring the right team for digital marketing. Custom websites.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

For startups and entrepreneurs, a podcast can be especially attractive due to their low production cost. If you focus on providing value and building your expert reputation, you’ll build trust and loyalty with your audience, and those two qualities will pay huge dividends down the road. Invite Interaction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. In the interim, there is no market for the shares, and no dividends or interest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2014

In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. In the interim, there is no market for the shares, and no dividends or interest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2021

For example, my dictate that entrepreneurs need to find a “ painful ” problem to solve (such as high cost, low productivity) to attract customers, doesn’t really account for many successful startup businesses today, including top social media platforms, dating sites, and new fashions. Build positive relationships with potential customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

Getting investors to trust you with their money is always a challenge, and it’s even more difficult in the early stages, where you don’t have a significant revenue stream, a few customers, or maybe even a product yet. At these stages, it’s all about you, and your ability to communicate and execute effectively. Surprises during due diligence.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

Transcript of Honest Startup Advice From Somebody Who’s Been Through It written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch: If you’re a founder of a startup, maybe you need some brutally honest advice from somebody who’s been there. Back to Podcast. Transcript. ” Rand, thanks for joining me.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

So pervasive has this thinking become that on several occasions startup companies with profitable & fast growing services businesses have come to me wanting to show me the product businesses they created internally to see whether they would be financeable or whether they might be able to create “spin outs&# that could be financed.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Revenue or distribution can both be evidence that, in the Bear and the Rat’s case, the dogs literally are eating the dogfood. They will be able to recoup their investment from dividends, if not from a big sale of the company one day. They did not have any meaningful proof of product-market fit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. In the interim, there is no market for the shares, and no dividends or interest.

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Cram Down Angel Investor Equity Dividend 120

The Startup Lawyer

AUGUST 22, 2011

Here’s a list of the top 5 deal terms that cause harm to startups at the seed financing stage and therefore should be avoided: 5. Whatever the form of control, seed investment is way too early to be even thinking about losing any amount of control of your startup. Dividend (that pays out). Tranched Investment.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

These changes pay increasing dividends, because each improvement now direclty frees up somebody in QA at the same time as reducing the total time of the certification step. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad.

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