David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. Less established regulatory framework. .

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

In an early-stage startup especially, revenue is not an important goal in and of itself. Let’s start with a simple question: why do early-stage startups want revenue? This wasn’t very impressive, but we had two things going for us: A hockey stick shaped growth curve.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

K9 Ventures

MAY 31, 2012

At the concept/seed stage, there isn’t a lot of concrete “stuff” (where stuff is a highly technical term) that early stage investors can look at to evaluate a company. At this stage the numbers are not compelling, but they’re starting to emerge and are trending in the right direction.

Hockey Stick 112

Hockey Stick Seed Stage Framework Early Stage 112

K9 Ventures

MAY 31, 2012

At the concept/seed stage, there isn’t a lot of concrete “stuff” (where stuff is a highly technical term) that early stage investors can look at to evaluate a company. At this stage the numbers are not compelling, but they’re starting to emerge and are trending in the right direction.

Hockey Stick 101

Hockey Stick Seed Stage Framework Early Stage 101