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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Flexible VCs have created structures based on other company performance metrics than revenues, such as profits or founder salaries. Similarly, when Flexible VC structures are based off of the founder’s own compensation (often via salary or dividends), investors are specifically tying their returns to the financial success of the founder.

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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Entrepreneurs They Consider to be Successful

Hearpreneur

Even outstanding goods can fail if they are uninformed of changing market needs, competition maneuvers, and other external variables. I knew that talented people don’t just move abroad because of a good salary but because of a lack of places where they can thrive and develop. Thanks to Nebojša Angelov, Marketing Platform! #13-

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Startup Data: 4 Strategies Changing the Speed & Size of Your Series A

View from Seed

Startups with large, lifecycle VCs included in the seed round syndicate did not reach Series A faster than those who did not. Higher founder salaries, which some investors view as a sign of being less hungry or aggressive, did not affect how quickly a startup raised its Series A. There was no meaningful difference. in our portfolio.

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What Does a Demand Generation Manager Do? (And How to Become One)

ConversionXL

This behavior has marketers pledging to up their demand generation budgets. Demand generation combines marketing tactics, strategies and programs to create awareness and drive interest in your products or services. But isn’t that the role of any marketer? Demand generation owes a lot to inbound marketing.

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When Should Startup Founders Discuss Valuation with Seed VCs?

View from Seed

Like any economic transaction, the pricing of a startup’s seed round ultimately depends on the equation of perceived supply (in this case, the quality of the team, product, and market opportunity) and the demand (how many competitive alternatives there are to any one given funder, including non-consumption). Lower-Than-Market Value.

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A VC’s take on the Season 5 premier of Sharktank

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Josh Brooks, who ran marketing for MySpace for three years, is the founder of a company that lets users take photos form their phones, and then use those photos to send postcards in the real world to their friends and family. pre money valuation and planned to use the money to market the app. But eventually two syndicates emerged.

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Signaling Pricing Expectations Early in Seed Investment Discussions

Genuine VC

Like any economic transaction, the pricing of a startup’s seed round ultimately depends on the equation of perceived supply (the quality of the team, product, & market) and demand (how many competitive alternatives there are to any one given funder, including non-consumption). Above market.

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