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. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised from angels.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Why are you so strongly sold on royalty licensing as the most effective way to finance a tech-based early stage company? Email readers, continue here…] Arthur: This is a matter between the owner of your IP (you) and the would-be user of your IP. So, there you have it.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Why are you so strongly sold on royalty licensing as the most effective way to finance a tech-based early stage company? Email readers, continue here…] Arthur: This is a matter between the owner of your IP (you) and the would-be user of your IP. So, there you have it.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Let’s now explore the major developments and ultimate use cases for the Lightning Network in two categories: A) payments/finance and B) Web3. . Use Case I: Payments and Finance . And >40% of that revenue is coming from in-game purchases. The app could then take a small % of all revenue from “paid” messages.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

While Zappos was doing diligence on Modista, the issue was brought up that one of other companies in this space — Like.com , founded by Munjal Shah — had filed for some IP in this area. In August/September 2009, the founders and I agreed to work together to raise a round of financing for the company.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2019

It Helps Secure Secondary Revenue Streams. You Can Use Your IP Rights For Leverage. If you are in possession of a valuable patent, then you are able to use the value of that patent as collateral when you are financing to grow your business. In addition, you can sell your IP along with your company (or separate from the company).

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Chargebacks are an especially grave threat because not only could you lose the revenue from the sale, but you will also have to pay chargeback fees. You will lose revenue, but you can also prevent chargeback fees and protect your chargeback ratio. When possible, you want to identify suspicious transactions and block them.

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

Another example is Correlation Ventures ($300M+ AUM), a VC firm which co-invests in financings with at least one other new outside VC. We particularly help companies in winning revenue from our LP network and raising capital for subsequent rounds from top-tier late-stage investors. – Launch a “ venture studio ” or “ foundry ”.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. Now that my new career is in the personal finance industry, I’m helping women tame their money. An interesting aside: revenue continued at old levels, even after slashing work hours by 60%). Buttercloth was born.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. You own the IP you create. You’re a small fish. This team is talented.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

a language corporate innovation groups can use to communicate to business units and finance. The heart of the therapeutics IRL also required “Proof of relevance” – was there a path to revenues fully articulated, an operational plan defined. data that investors, accelerators and incubators can use to inform selection.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

It’s like we need a finance 101 course for entrepreneurs. Revenue multiple? In finance they call it “terminal value” but the truth is the price is as arbitrary at your A round as it is at your seed round. Convertible notes have both features in them but for some reason entrepreneurs don’t understand it.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

To illustrate, let’s investigate two typical company scenarios: Company Scenario #1: A company lacking great financial traction - slow revenue growth, little profit - but one that competes in an industry attractive to strategic and financial buyers. Many software and healthcare businesses fit this description.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 4, 2022

Thanks to Adam Wood, Revenue Geeks ! #16- Thanks to Lauren Edwards-Williams, Legend IP Consulting ! #26- There are obstacles but being known as someone who is leading the way for a firm and others associated in that company is a tremendous ego stroke. 16- Helping people. Photo Credit: Isaac Robertson. 26- Personal growth.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

So then, why are we teaching our students to trust fall without any revenues of their own to catch them? No revenues, no costs. Teach ‘em Finance and Chase or Accenture will come and pick ‘em up 30 at a time. It’s a recipe for failure. Bo from RoseTech even volunteered to videotape the sessions.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

If companies lose substantial revenues to chargebacks, they may have to pass those losses on to consumers. Claw Back Revenues By Winning Disputes Unfortunately, some merchants are unfairly targeted by people looking to abuse the chargeback process. Thankfully, there are steps that merchants can also take to recoup losses.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

Some networks are highly sophisticated, and organisers disguise their IP addresses. If you conduct some intricate research (detailed below), you may be able to identify the IP address of competing businesses. Loads of PPC platforms ( Google Ads included) allow you to blacklist IP addresses. . Block sketchy IP addresses.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

For startups and high-growth businesses, as you scale and encounter new milestones and obstacles, you will be faced with the question of how to finance and plan for that growth. Luckily for founders, the ways in which you can finance your startup are varied based on your business model, your preference, your goals, and timeline, and so on.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

If you own the IP on a particular technology or information product, then you can create licensing agreements for other businesses to sell your product for you. Using licensees is an excellent way to boost your revenue without the need to hire and external sales force. 2 License Your Product. 3 Mergers, Partnerships and Acquisitions.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Everyone wanted to work in finance. “CEO is the new Analyst.”. My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. Everyone wants to work in tech startups.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

Last week the teams tested their Revenue Models hypotheses: what are customers willing to pay for? Their initial customer segment were upwardly mobile professionals with $2-10K discretionary purchases/year (excluding travel,) and their revenue model was affiliate program fees. Any IP you need to license? Week 8 of the class.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors. . This is why a bottom up approach is more credible.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

In SaaS the main benchmarks being measured are revenue growth, sales efficiency (unit economics), churn and burn rate. Example of Baremetrics revenue per user benchmarks. Part of the challenge in deep tech is getting to revenue and scaling it. Rob Go: How Much Traction Do You Really Need to Raise a Seed or Series A Round?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth. Venture Financing. Company generates revenue via premium accounts, targeted ads and transaction commission. Revenue of ~$160mm in 2008. Watch the show! students. -Is

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

It’s like we need a finance 101 course for entrepreneurs. Revenue multiple? In finance they call it “terminal value” but the truth is the price is as arbitrary at your A round as it is at your seed round. Convertible notes have both features in them but for some reason entrepreneurs don’t understand it. There were no metrics.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Vinod wants to raise a significant amount of money to buy out an IP vendor that sells semiconductor interconnect IP, and offer value added services around them. The IP vendor does about $2 million to $3 million a quarter, but the market leader is EDA giant Synopsys. Choose one segment, one service, and one geography.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Messy cap tables can come back to haunt you when you do a financing or sell the company. I am very surprised when that cool thing actually meets a customer need or drives revenue. If you’ve got patent or other IP needs, you may want to engage specialists in those areas.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Channel incentives – does your product or proposition extend or replace existing revenue for the channel? ——————– Class 6 Feb 8 th Testing Revenue Model. Class Lecture/Out of the Building Assignment: What’s a revenue model? What types of revenue streams are there?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Since that date the S&P 500 is up 2.45% while Accenture stock is up 206% with revenue of $23 billion and a market cap of $32 billion. It’s why as an investor I look for talented teams with long-term vision, a unique point-of-view, differentiated IP and a desire to build something enduring.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

From choosing a legal entity or jurisdiction to properly documenting IP assignments and stock issuances to complying with securities laws and avoiding potentially enormous tax penalties in the future, there is plenty here to warrant consulting a professional. Sales contracts accounting for significant revenue.

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Early Growth Financial Services

DECEMBER 1, 2014

On this Cyber Monday, I wanted to share an important article from my dear friend and trusted IP lawyer Rachel Rodgers. Mistake #2: Not separating your business and personal finances. No accounts should be shared between your business and personal finances. The legal mistakes can be especially egregious, and costly.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

That's why the Corona Initiative is a Public Benefit Corporation--a for-profit company dedicated to the public good that aims to fund its research with its revenues. He worked as an engineer and then went into finance for many years and then was recruited to be president of a biotech company, diagnostics company.

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OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 3, 2010

It’s an important topic — as entrepreneurs build businesses, they frequently end up creating new revenue opportunities and go off on productive tangents. Look at the example of Occipital building the Red Laser app, then selling it to eBay to finance the rest of their business. Magazine in this article earlier this year.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Between working with the co-founders on the strategy, validating concepts with the users, assessing the analytics, driving features and functionality with the team, and working with finance on the new business model, marketing on acquisition, and the warehouse on fulfillment, you can imagine the workload Kate faced on a daily basis.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Or the founders have taken on a small amount of seed financing, just enough to get them into the market. If our aim was to raise financing and employ these people directly, we’d have burnt through $5-7 million before launch. There are a couple of good reasons a company should consider bootstrapping its market entry.

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blog.simeonov.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

It outlines key points of agreement between founders around IP ownership, equity ownership, vesting, etc. For example, without a clear vehicle (a company) to contribute intellectual property into, a founder who walks away may mean that the future company won’t own its own IP. An email would do. The FastIgnite one is two pages.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

His quote on the subject, "no amount of finance will cure mismanagement". flavor of a question-and-answer, poll-your-friends site with a distant revenue model and no user acquisition strategy. Ran if for two years before we shut it down with almost no revenue achieved. From the link: Oh, and what was the company?

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