David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Start Up Blog

MARCH 24, 2015

Now they won’t share any of the potential advertising revenue or other prizes which come from direct customer relationships. And it’s licensing deal structures born of the late 1970’s cable TV era that create this back door leakage. The back door has been opened.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

On April 10, 2014, I published a blog post, titled The New Venture Landscape , which explained why and how the venture ecosystem was shifting. Seed is the new Series A. (~$2M used get for building product, establishing product-market fit and early revenue). 6M-$15M used to scale customer acquisition and revenue).

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Let's talk about some of the deal structures you've seen. You know, it's gonna be very broad, but what you should see is you should see the annual revenue number and the cash flow. (20:06): So the easiest place to find me is at my blog site, David c barnett.com. 09:23): Sure. Yeah, sure.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. I’ll be writing more on many of these topics in an upcoming blog post on “staffing an experiment.”.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Farming is also often overlooked, but can help grow customer accounts and revenues from 30% upwards (if successful). Great list! Philippe Botteri.

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Tim Keane

AUGUST 20, 2009

Ask any of us who've experienced significant down rounds based on some or all of these things, and one begins to understand the cautionary nature of deal structures.  up to $10MM in revenue.  up to $10MM in revenue.  up to $10MM in revenue.  up to $10MM in revenue. 

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