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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% return cap.

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4 Considerations for Expanding Your Startup to International Markets

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and China, and recently recorded their 1,000,000th download of Bonita Open Solution. If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors. All Rights Reserved.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

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After all, high-quality open source software is free, the cloud makes computer power far less expensive, and anyone with an Internet connection can learn Ruby and CSS. million in venture financing. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. Have an account?

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

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Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Forbes Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. Have an account? Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done.

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

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Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. Have an account? Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited.

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How Web APIs Unlock Value in the Cloud

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Business Tools: Salesforce.com opened their core services to partners via API, enabling them to innovate and extend Salesforce services. APIs may be deployed privately — for internal or partner use — or publicly for broadest dissemination. Top From Our Partners. Money and Finance Lists. 8,177 followers.

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