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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Lower level of community familiarity. Typically promissory note or non-voting common stock, with covenants. Hard covenants with potentially strict penalties. . (co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund.

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Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons

www.igda.org

From the Work Less Party, Tom Walkers Prosperity Covenant : That output does not rise or fall in direct proportion to the number of hours worked is a lesson that seemingly has to be relearned each generation. Prosperity Covenant , Tom Walker. Community Chapters. IGDA Board Blog. Green, York University, Toronto, Canada.

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Irene brings rain, flooding and end of news as we know it [#irene]

This is going to be BIG.

Remember the covenant that the music industry used to have with the consumer? Seven years ago, we bemoaned the end of the mainstream media when blogs grew in popularity, but that was premature. Blogs were just a way for us to comment about the mainstream. Forget new business models for journalism. It’s done.

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