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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. VII: Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability.

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Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard

rob.by

He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. Michael’s second problem comes from holding software engineers to an unprecedented standard of business savviness: Most software engineers aren’t business people.

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Developer Funding – How to Build Your Team and Raise Money (Google I/O Panel)

VC Cafe

My head is still spinning from the past 3 days, which have been incredibly packed with events, information and networking. Kevin – consumer Internet plays, often times they don’t have a business model. network and meet new people. Naval – There’s more networkers in the system than builders.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). For example, you can barter for a service or you can negotiate payment terms or even equity for service. you should be able to find many options for an ad sales network.

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Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth

blog.captainrecruiter.com

Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. You may get a software engineer to start something for you, but they wont stick with the project when it gets difficult.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

It was becoming a business model destined to fail. However, as most entrepreneurs will experience, when equity and pay come into play, relationships tend to warp. I started my business because I wanted more freedom. I also realized that having your own business is a great way to gain new networks.

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. They have a standard presentation on bootstrapping, which they present around the country.