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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

So you’re interested in raising capital from a Revenue-Based Investor VC. A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors (“RBI”) are emerging. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Rational burn profile, up to 50% of revenue at close, scaling down. Bigfoot Capital.

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The Coming Chip Wars

Steve Blank

The committee found that Huawei could not or would not explain its relationship with the Chinese government and did not comply with U.S. laws, The report recommended that no government or contractor systems include Huawei systems. Make no mistake, these are not government pronouncements that don’t end up going anywhere.

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Rewiring Organizations For A Successful Digital Transformation

Duct Tape Marketing

12:22] Would you look at the value derived by digital technologies differently than by producing customer value or revenue? [14:23] And their question for us was how should they organize and govern those and prioritize them and resource them and so on. 16:32] Are there organizations that are significantly behind in this rewiring ?

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

Before starting my dance company in late 2018, I was gung-ho about giving 40+ years of my life away to the federal government. I set up my business to be distributed, so although my company is based out of Scottsdale, Arizona, I live in Thailand most of the time. #11- Exploring various possibilities. Photo Credit: Chae Reid.

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How a change in wording increased response rates by 15 percentage points

Lightspeed Venture Partners

But small-business owners and individuals with significant nonpayroll income are expected to save up the money to write a check to the government, and some of them fail to pay on time. In such cases, the government’s first step is to send a letter asking for payment within six weeks, after which sterner, more expensive measures are taken.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law.

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Protecting Voting Rights: Good for America, Good for American Business

Reid Hoffman

“A government of the people, by the people. It’s an American issue, because free and fair elections, with a high degree of civic participation, are ultimately how our government achieves its moral legitimacy. As I’ve written in the past , it’s what creates the “consent of the governed.”

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