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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. Yes, via conversion rights at a valuation cap. Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Flexible VC: Compensation-based.

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Decoding the AI Dilemma: Unveiling the Hidden Pitfalls, Ethical Quandaries, and Future Realities

Duct Tape Marketing

Calling it Informed Automation, as opposed to Artificial Intelligence, our conversation covers the future of this technology, envisioning AI systems with a deeper understanding of context and autonomy. Ken (03:37): That's a great question because I think we are actually very early on. It was a great conversation.

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Unveiling The Future Of AI

Duct Tape Marketing

Key Takeaway: While significant progress has been made in AI, we are still at the early stages of it’s development. Kenneth Wenger (04:32): You know, that's a great question because I think we are actually very early on. You know, if you think of ai where we are right now, we were a decade ago, we've made some progress.

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Venture Deals 4e German Edition

Feld Thoughts

Conversion right: In Germany, there is generally no conversion right entitling the holder of preferred shares to convert them into common shares at any time. However, the lack of a conversion right also has implications for anti-dilution protection: in the U.S., Hence, the negation is exactly in reverse.

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Grow Your Business Faster Through Experimentation

Duct Tape Marketing

That half our conversation, right , it's an online visibility management SaaS platform that is used by millions of marketers worldwide, including this one. Like it's a could even little more out there, right? This is John Jantsch, and my guest today is Andrew Warden. He is the CMO of S e m, rush Sam Rush.

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Speed Up Your Business Growth Through Experimentation

Duct Tape Marketing

Time in the second square we're on behalf our conversation, right? I don't have the result yet, which is kind of a let down for this kind of conversation. This is John Jantsch and my guest today is Andrew Warden. He is the CMO of Semush. We'll talk about that. So, uh, Andrew, welcome to the show. Andrew Warden (01:14): Great.

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Episode 3: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

So be sure to make a free user account and participate in the offline conversation there. As we wait for our first callers to come on board, I wanted to start with a question from a conversation that Bob and I with Merck Coulbrougiff [sounds like] from Beta List [SP]. So how many churches do you have right now as customers?

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