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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. collateral, all 8 are still in business, with 2 follow-on investments, 3 “breakout” companies, and 1 returned 5x initial investment. According to Indie.VC

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

Recently, the New York and North Carolina legislatures considered a new law written by Auto Dealer lobbyists that would make it illegal for Tesla to sell cars directly to consumers. This got me thinking about the legal obstacles that face innovators with new business models. Rent Seekers. In contrast, U.S.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

of The Campbell Firm PLLC , a New York City law firm, said, “The blended [VC] model has a lot of appeal for entrepreneurs … These types of investment models can allow more of a balance between the entrepreneur’s goals and the investor’s goals.”. . Typical business stage. Typical business model.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

Recently, the New York and North Carolina legislatures considered a new law written by Auto Dealer lobbyists that would make it illegal for Tesla to sell cars directly to consumers. This got me thinking about the legal obstacles that face innovators with new business models. Rent Seekers. In contrast, U.S.

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Paying Attention > Any Business Book

Austin Startup

This one is all about branding and business. Cleaning up Kebap Last week, I read that Noon Mediterranean filed for bankruptcy. In-House Int’l At Unimark, Vignelli and his (all-male panel of) partners created legendary design systems; including the signage for the New York City Subway. But Unimark was a failed business.

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The Austinpreneur’s Guide to SXSW 2018 Panels & Parties

Austin Startup

Join us at this interview and hear how WWE co-founder Linda McMahon fought back from bankruptcy to build her company into a publicly traded entertainment and media powerhouse. His books have been published in over fifty countries and have spent more than 100 weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers list.

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How Slack and Flickr Founder Stewart Butterfield (Twice) Mastered the Art of the Pivot

Reid Hoffman

You’ll learn how the idea of Flickr came to him while crouched over a hotel room toilet in New York, desperately chugging ginger ale to fortify himself to speak at a gaming convention in hopes of avoiding bankruptcy. Have you ever pivoted your business? Or did you find yourself torn between old and new?