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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Long-term alignment : Many Flexible VCs retain a small residual stake in the company after the return cap is reached, driving alignment well beyond the horizon of the revenue share, similar to the long-term orientation of equity VC. Zack Mueller observed, “The key is determining what the Flexible VC instrument is [debt, equity, etc.],

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Why Email May Be Draining Your Company’s Productivity

Both Sides of the Table

I submitted a term sheet to a company yesterday. Yesterday I offered him a term sheet. Separately, in the morning I called a seed-stage investor in NY and talked to him about investing in one of my companies. We call these investors “LPs” for limited partners. I had lunch with an LP.

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The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

I’ve been an avid reader of Dan’s Term Sheet while he was at Fortune , and now Pro Rata at Axios. Earlier this week, Dan said something in passing which took me by surprise: “In a related note, I wasn’t really aware that pre-seed was a thing.” Where did the term Pre-Seed come from? By definition, yes.