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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Part of the magic of revenue-based financing is how historical performance and strong, achievable financial projections are ultimately the backbone of how RBI/RBF investment decisions are made.” has open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0, Vocabulary for the New Risk Capital Landscape.

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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

The end result was dozens of kids across universities all around the city writing real, workable code on their own projects—more entrepreneurial than any of the textbook projects they were probably stuck doing in class. Teach ‘em Finance and Chase or Accenture will come and pick ‘em up 30 at a time. It was easy peasy.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

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Frances McInnis is a journalist and crossword enthusiast based in New York City. She has written about culture for Momentum Magazine, business for Resource World Magazine, and a mess of assorted topics for The Huffington Post.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing? VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. VII: Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability. —– Indie.vc

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6 Important Startup Trends that Defined 2011

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New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has been trying very hard to raise New York City’s profile in the tech scene. The city appointed its first chief digital officer , Rachel Sterne, in January. That same month, prestigious startup accelerator TechStars announced its first New York City class.

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

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The shortage of startup technical talent, especially in New York City, has been well-documented. In exchange for $150,000 to $300,000 of work, each startup has given Kayweb 14% to 40% equity. As a rule, Kayserian says that Kayweb will take no more than 40% of a company in exchange for development work.

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LinkedIn Explores What It Takes To Be an Entrepreneur [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Not surprisingly, San Francisco was the top startup region, with New York City in second place and Boston in third. With more than 50 million monthly pageviews and 4 million followers across social media, Mashable has one of the most engaged online news communities.