David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
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.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 17, 2021
Any great business starts with an entrepreneur who develops a value hypothesis in order to test and identify core product value, which is a real and substantial solution to a valuable client problem. Entrepreneurs are intimately familiar with their products. They help improve people’s lives by creating innovative products or services.
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View from Seed
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
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.
ConversionXL
MAY 27, 2022
Demand generation combines marketing tactics, strategies and programs to create awareness and drive interest in your products or services. 70% of buyers are already clued up on a product before they talk to sales, if they talk to sales at all. According to Payscale research , the average base salary for a DGM is $84,876.
View from Seed
OCTOBER 21, 2014
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).
Lightspeed Venture Partners
SEPTEMBER 21, 2013
Most of the sharks dropped out quickly, concerned about the short runway for the company, lack of any barriers to entry, lack of issued patents, missing product features and valuation expectations. This is a company that has failed to find product market fit over the last 21 months and after spending almost $2M (capital raised plus revenue).
Genuine VC
JULY 30, 2012
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).
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