David Teten
JANUARY 21, 2021
(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
by Emmanuel de Watteville, co-founder of Blue Ocean Ventures. A concrete monetization strategy, or at the very least a revenue model, gives investors detailed insight into how a startup plans to generate profit once an established network is set into place. Measure the traction to be gained from the product or service.
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David Teten
OCTOBER 1, 2015
Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. What are the terms of their relationship with the founder?
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 13, 2014
M&A experience (Morgan Stanley and later co-headed M&A for Barry Diller at IAC). Wonderful human being who is civically engaged, mother of 3, mentorer of younger founders, hard worker and arguer extraordinaire (so says her current Twitter bio). As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already.
VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
Management team that sounds and looks like they can execute the plan – if you didn’t finish building the team yet, make sure you have at least one co-founder with complementary skills. A startup is a lot of work, and one person will have a hard time executing on all the different tasks ahead.
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