David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Similarly, when Flexible VC structures are based off of the founder’s own compensation (often via salary or dividends), investors are specifically tying their returns to the financial success of the founder. Founder Earnings” (Founder Salaries + Dividends + Retained Earnings). Profits, Founder Salaries, and/or Dividends Declared.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Potential return on investment cannot be calculated without a clear understanding and evidence of actual costs, revenue flows, and margins. All internal teams need to have relevant skills and experience. Investors pass if they find conflicted team members.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Potential return on investment cannot be calculated without a clear understanding and evidence of actual costs, revenue flows, and margins. All internal teams need to have relevant skills and experience. Investors pass if they find conflicted team members.

Due Diligence 308

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Startup 308

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

.   You can vary both valuation and term-sheet assumptions (in the gray boxes) to assess the impact on the values of the business.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors.   First , dividends. Let’s start at the end.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Potential return on investment cannot be calculated without a clear understanding and evidence of actual costs, revenue flows, and margins. All internal teams need to have relevant skills and experience. Investors pass if they find conflicted team members.

Due Diligence 120

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Seed Stage 120

Up and Running

JUNE 19, 2012

Over the past decade or two, the most prominent business model that has yielded positive results in the service sector over time is one that has brought convenience to its client base. For the mobile business enterprise, however, there is a new solution in today’s electronic world – the wireless credit card reader.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

The High Cost of Free. While many of our digital services (like Facebook and Google) are free, they come with real costs. In order to do business and interact effectively, we need a single system. Another key feature of natural monopolies is that their marginal costs go down with more people using a single system.

Government 79

Government Algorithm Artificial Inteligence Social Media 79