David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. That said, Jonathan Bragdon, General Partner, Capacity Capital , points out that Flexible VC terms “twin” well with equity: providing less dilution while still providing investor assistance. . Lower level of community familiarity. Of the Inc.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

But once entrepreneurs have their initial team and product in place, a few smart advisors around the table and the social proof required to attract great talent, why would they raise additional dilutive equity capital if they can raise non-dilutive capital through the sale of tokens? But many are. Seeking Liquidity.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

But once entrepreneurs have their initial team and product in place, a few smart advisors around the table and the social proof required to attract great talent, why would they raise additional dilutive equity capital if they can raise non-dilutive capital through the sale of tokens? But many are. Seeking Liquidity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Of course, that doesn’t dilute the owner’s equity, but it may well limit you to organic growth, versus international rollouts and acquisition options. Business model to maintain lifestyle is the primary driver. Enjoy being visible and active in the local community.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

Having a clear focus means it’s easier to communicate what your product is and who it’s for. By trying to appeal to everyone and adding features left, right and centre, you will actually dilute your message and could end up with a complex, bloated product. When you take money from investors their business model becomes yours.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2017

Of course, that doesn’t dilute the owner’s equity, but it may well limit you to organic growth, versus international rollouts and acquisition options. Business model to maintain lifestyle is the primary driver. Enjoy being visible and active in the local community.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

His passions are business process automation, surfing, and his new baby girl Maya. ?. Sales are the bloodstream for most businesses, and tech startups are no exception. It’s always better to be earn money, not just raise it, as money you earn doesn’t dilute your ownership and reassures your investors. Step 3: Test your channels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Of course, that doesn’t dilute the owner’s equity, but it may well limit you to organic growth, versus international rollouts and acquisition options. Business model to maintain lifestyle is the primary driver. Enjoy being visible and active in the local community.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

But also think about it in terms of business model. Which communities, which dialogue, which kind of thing, which set of a role in people’s lives or work as they might be?”. One is purely at the level of a business model that Neeva has tried to do. And also think about it in terms of go-to market.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

But also think about it in terms of business model. Which communities, which dialogue, which kind of thing, which set of a role in people’s lives or work as they might be?”. One is purely at the level of a business model that Neeva has tried to do. And also think about it in terms of go-to market.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

it also means less dilution, something that entrepreneurs should be very mindful of. The entrepreneurs believed that they could build the business faster with more capital, so it’s not an unreasonable thing to give up more dilution for more money at the same valuation.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 12, 2012

While our investment focus covers all of Europe, we consider France to be a very important market for our business and we are actively seeking new investment opportunities. France is indeed a country with a proven track record of developing innovative business models.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 5, 2013

I plan to challenge the thinking that social networks are really channels and, in fact, make a case for things like clarity, culture, content and method as the most important channels of a social business. Communities don’t generally form around, products, services or companies. I’ve always been attracted to word confluence.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

But, you can iterate and iterate on features, but you cannot iterate your way to a business model. I’ve seen too many businesses get stuck or fail because of their endless pursuit for the magic new feature that is going to help them gain traction. Don’t skimp on fundraising because of dilution fears.?. This is tricky.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2015

Dave’s note: We are privileged this week to host a post by Arthur Lipper, a well-respected member of the international financial community since 1954. Keepers are financed differently than Flippers, which are started with a plan to be acquired in a few years, once the value of the technology or business model is demonstrable.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. Thursday, January 17, 2008.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 6, 2013

Niche markets – Some marketplaces build communities interested in very specific types of items. Start slow and build – Unless you’ve got a full time IT staff it’s best to pick a marketplace and try to build your chops one at a time rather than jumping in and distributing your resources in ways that will dilute your time and attention.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I’m not afraid to pick up the phone, cold call someone, use LinkedIn to find someone who’s recently left a company that might be considered competitive and ask them for advise around the business model and marketplace. Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising. I may iterate 3 times in one day. 1) Hire A’s.

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Small Business Force

OCTOBER 22, 2017

.” I’ve seen consumer businesses on the show where the entrepreneur was asking for $50,000 for marketing roll-out costs. For a consumer business, that number could easily be ten times that amount. Less dilution! The reason for such a low ask, most of the time? Don’t make this mistake.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Jared Hecht: In terms of a small business, finding and acquiring working capital, there is a world of opportunity out there. The most obvious place that businesses and or accountants turn to for their small business clients is generally banks, big banks, community banks, you name it. They are a part of your community.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

The very best analysts distill, rather than dilute. We are a better humanity thanks to the work of journalists, I hope the industry finds a sustainable business model. Outcomes: Task Completion Rate (split by Primary Purpose, and Direct vs. Community support) | System Updates (Drivers, Diagnostics etc.)

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Over approximately 100 roundtables, I have personally coached more than 400 early-stage entrepreneurs, and between the free and the premium program, as well as the blog, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn we have a community of more than 200,000 people engaged in the initiative at various levels.

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