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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Our categorization is not a technical one. Additionally, Flexible VC can accommodate all types of companies, not just asset-lite, tech-enabled companies.”. Eligible for favorable treatment under Qualified Small Business Stock exemption, if structured as equity. Flexible VC offers you this. Founder retains control.

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How to Pick the Right Attorney For Your Startup

Up and Running

My business partner and I made many mistakes in our first tech startup, and so many of them were the result of choosing a lawyer who was a terrible fit. After a couple of due diligence meetings with the investor and our attorneys, he gave us the check. We gladly handed it over to him as part of the due diligence process.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

genylabs.typepad.com

Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. New Communications Review. Interest in this waned when the Internet bust resulted in most tech start-up equity becoming worthless, but it seems to be coming back. I often take stock in lieu of cash.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

There are many ways to measure technical skills and check work histories and achievements, but assessment of team chemistry is a high art form. Your Cap Table is something that deserves constant care and attention. Messy cap tables can come back to haunt you when you do a financing or sell the company.

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Is Dead Equity Crippling Your Company?

Altgate

Thanks to that one decision, he owns nearly four million shares of stock, worth in excess of $100 million. Instead, the dead equity languishes on the cap table, weighing down the startup and making it harder to attract and motivate the people who could impact its growth. A Significant – and Growing – Problem.

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Is Dead Equity Crippling Your Company?

Altgate

Thanks to that one decision, he owns nearly four million shares of stock, worth in excess of $100 million. Instead, the dead equity languishes on the cap table, weighing down the startup and making it harder to attract and motivate the people who could impact its growth. A Significant – and Growing – Problem.

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