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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

From traditional equity VC, Flexible VC borrows the option to pursue and reap the rewards of an outsized exit. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. Equity Ownership. Yes, typically preferred equity. On average, founders own just 43% of equity by Series B , declining thereafter. Flexible VC offers you this.

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Don’t Sleep on Lightning

Version One Ventures

Given these key advantages, I believe that Lightning (or something like it) will ultimately eat all of the USD payment networks and create the foundation for MoIP (Money over IP). . Some early open source projects include Whatsatt and Juggernaut. I’ve seen a number of exciting experiments in this space so far.

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Series Seed Financing Documents

www.seriesseed.com

We went with equity because ivestors would prefer to get equity for the following reasons: 1. One of the reasons notes have become so popular is that the equity documents were too expensive. Good idea, I think this will benefit lots of startups and some angels. Posted by: toby | 03/01/2010 at 09:52 PM. Will try and fix today.

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Corporate Bad Activity Against Innovators

Feld Thoughts

I’ve always loved his hacker spirit, amazing ability to do things no one else could envision, and willingness to open source a lot of his work to lead the way for others. Virtual Legality: Legal Letters Claim Oculus VR Made The Oculus Rift Using ZeniMax IP. Oculus denies John Carmack stole VR tech from his former employer.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. With an Early LPO, initial investment is a fraction of what it used to be for Angels and VCs to secure our services on behalf of their clients, in exchange for shares of the company, and the ability to invest further once their ticker symbol is live. 49% of Small Business Owners Use Smar.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. With an Early LPO, initial investment is a fraction of what it used to be for Angels and VCs to secure our services on behalf of their clients, in exchange for shares of the company, and the ability to invest further once their ticker symbol is live. 49% of Small Business Owners Use Smar.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. You dont /have/ to build vendor lists and out-source.