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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Part of the magic of revenue-based financing is how historical performance and strong, achievable financial projections are ultimately the backbone of how RBI/RBF investment decisions are made.” Typical business stage. An already proven business model and its already valuable assets. Typical business model.

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Why Companies are Not Startups

Steve Blank

The Enterprise: Business Model Execution We know that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. The corollary for an enterprise is: A company is a permanent organization designed to execute a repeatable and scalable business model.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   You can vary both valuation and term-sheet assumptions (in the gray boxes) to assess the impact on the values of the business.   (If you plug in an IRR of 58.5%

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

His latest venture, Bharosa, was sold to Oracle for a 6X multiple in 3 years to his angel investors, a sweet close to triple digit IRR. The three founders shared a vision, built the exercise machines in the garage, and knocked on doors at health clubs, attended trade shows, and worked the phone to get initial sales.

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ESG in Venture Capital: Interview with Blue Future Partners (VC Fund of Funds)

David Teten

Clients typically use it to create and strengthen local community initiatives: bake sales, barbeques, political organizing, etc. . – Forte has developed an innovative structure to finance vocational reskilling at no cost to individuals or governments. Invest in business models that otherwise could not access VC.