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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Eligible for favorable treatment under Qualified Small Business Stock exemption, if structured as equity. This applies if the investment converts into common stock; details are beyond this essay’s scope. Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. 5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010. One can infer valuations based on per share prices of preferred stock and oustanding common shares (~5.3M

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It might not be a bubble but sure as hell the rent is too damn high!

Professor VC

It was a great product addressing a large market opportunity and was interested in seeing how the AngelList syndicate process worked. Due to confidentiality provisions, I can''t disclose details, but there are many very unhappy participants who invested through the syndicate. Syndicates can either be company led or investor led.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Then you can gradually transformyourself from a consulting company into a product company, and haveyour clients pay your development expenses. To be a startup, a company hasto be a product business, not a service business. Some angel investors join together in syndicates. Theres only common stock at this stage.

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Ten questions the entrepreneur should ask the (prospective) investor

Tim Keane

Are you able to explain why your product is a compelling purchase for the customer, and how the customer will make buying decisions? What is being replaced by this new product?) If the investors ideal size is smaller than your need, you ought to ask about syndication. What is being replaced by this new product?)