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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem.

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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

Gust

Before the commercial Internet, the primary tools of disclosure included: Prospectus and related registration statement (“S-1″) for an IPO. Public companies have dealt with financial disclosure in ways that evolved over time with markets and technologies.

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Excellent Analytics Tips #19: Identify Website Goal [Economic] Values

Occam's Razor

Surely not using horrible metrics like Page Views, right? Now do this: Total revenue divided by number of web_quotes. Start reporting the data with "Revenue," "Per Visit Goal Value" segmented by traffic source, "$index value" of the content, and so many more delightful things. Let that sink in.

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Don’t Pitch A Venture Capitalist Without This Checklist

David Teten

The cover note should include: name, website, location, revenues (if any), detailed financing history (if any), and precise terms on which you are seeking to raise capital. What are the expected revenues, expenses, and EBITDA three years out? ” Investors value getting a sense of your expectations. Financial Overview.

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Adding Ad Revenue. I hired those writers, the traffic increased, I started getting more revenue from advertising, and the income increased to about $1,500 per month as a result of that. I paid him half of the Adsense revenue, which turned out to be about $500 a month, and he just managed the whole site. We increased the revenue.