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14 Points To Consider When Structuring A Deal

YoungUpstarts

More often that not I see deals that are filled with legalese and are impossible to really understand by non-legal personnel. Lock down rights and security. No matter what you do, you want to make sure that in the process that you protect your intellectual property, have non-disclosure agreements in place, if possible non-circumvents.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season. Similar service to Verisign for SSL certificates and e-commerce transactions and McAfee SECURE (HackerSafe) for online retailers. Competes with McAfee , Thawte. Total raised: $22.0mm.

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Vertical Markets 1: Bad Advice – All Startups are the Same « Steve.

Steve Blank

Verticals Are Different I began to realize that entrepreneurs (and their professors) act like every vertical market and industry has the same set of rules. So the first heuristic is: do not assume the startup rules are the same for all vertical markets. Just for discussion, the markets I chose were: Web 2.0,

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The impact of Covid-19 on Livestreaming adoption

VC Cafe

In this post, I cover the rise of why this is the case, and offer lots of examples of verticals and applications as well as opportunities for startups and streamers. But as A16Z points out in the “ The rise of lifestyle streamers “, a new audience has emerged, hungry for non-gaming content. In conclusion.

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Austin: Airbnb “Super City” and Hotspot For Emerging Boutique STR Purveyors

Austin Startup

While it may come as a surprise to locals and visitors alike, the short-term-rental (STR) unicorn considers Austin to be one of its 24 global “super cities” : destinations that routinely generate the company’s largest revenues, and are viewed as having the strongest prospects for future growth. It also generated an impressive $2.6

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Swipe debit card, get stock; In defense of the IPO; New models for SMB lending, and more

Ben's Blog

That’s becoming increasingly common for non prime-focused products like Cash App or Stash. Other companies are leveraging financial products that act like debit cards, such as secured credit cards or charge cards, to help consumers build credit. But most of all, it will benefit us as consumers.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

Respondents deemed between 12%-16% of companies generating revenues to be essentially “worthless” and deemed 20%-26% of their pre-revenue investments to be “worthless.” Spend the time raising money yourself, using oblique sources of revenue such as contract work or any one of a hundred others. Add to this that 72.7% Translation?