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The Care And Feeding Of A Startup

YoungUpstarts

Neil Blumenthal , the youthful cofounder of Warby Parker, a disruptive company that transformed the conservative eyewear industry by creating affordable, stylish glasses for people across the world, defined a startup as “ a company working to solve a problem where the solution is not obvious and success is not guaranteed. “

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Decathlon Capital.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Butte, Montana was a copper mining town. We picked up this name because I, as the founder, consider myself a nerd. When we were searching for business ideas, my co-founder had an idea to use a Google translator. #3- After the special feature of our community. Photo Credit: Mackenzie Quinn. Photo Credit: Alisa Nemova.

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5 Lessons Learned Launching a Startup With No Plan, No Cash, and No MBA

Up and Running

Writing up a contract is especially important if you’re working with co-founders. But when I was working as a reporter in 2007, I covered the purchase of a local ski resort in Montana by business mogul Bill Foley. Everyone had a different idea of what should have been in the contract, and no one was happy with the final result.

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The JSV Book Club

A Crowded Space

My good friend and cofounder, Jason Chicola, has bought several phenomenal books for me over the years, some because I clearly had a gap in my knowledge that he proactively sought to close, or because he just knew I would greatly enjoy David Halbertsham’s book on baseball, “ Summer of ‘49. Thank you Ed.

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Random Acts of Kindness – Marathon Fundraising

Feld Thoughts

During this time, I met Ethan Austin, the co-founder of GiveForward at Lindzonpalooza. I’ll be running the Missoula Marathon on July 8, 2012 in Missoula, Montana for him. I was blown away by what they are doing and decided to team up with them to do 29 random acts of kindness over the next few years.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. So I cut the corporate cord and co-founded Finespun Clothing. Thanks to Dean Cycon, Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co. ! #19 And being from Montana, I also wanted a belt that could transition to all of my active lifestyle endeavors.