Austin Startup
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Convertible debt is best when you don’t yet have revenue or a good sense for your valuation, because it allows you to raise money on the basis that the valuation will be set one to three years in the future, based on execution of the early business model. The right investors can fill two gaps, the money gap and the knowledge gap.
VC Cafe
APRIL 15, 2024
These platforms, leveraging vast amounts of user data, were able to offer targeted advertising solutions that were both more effective and appealing to advertisers, significantly eroding the ad revenue streams that publishers had relied on. It could help bring back some of that classified ad revenue that was lost. What do you think?
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Austin Startup
OCTOBER 8, 2017
I’ve in some ventures thought that if I could just stop the overhead and expenses for a couple of months, I’d have no problem getting the revenues up to plan. The overhead won’t stop, but incoming investments and revenue streams may take an unwanted hiatus. A related notion is keeping appointments on time. All the same nuances apply.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 9, 2009
There’s an old saying that if I’m talking with you and I start the conversation by saying, “whatever you do, DO NOT think about Elephants &# then you can’t help but thinking about elephants while we’re speaking. Your A round investors are not stepping up. - You raised $1.5
Austin Startup
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
Many angel investors, and also strategic investors, are comfortable investing in LLCs, particularly under a convertible security structure that doesn’t immediately result in equity holdings. But at this point it has more to do with inertia and a desire to minimize their own legal bills than any real legal issue.
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 21, 2017
Nothing seems to apply--you're not a tech company, you bootstrapped your way to millions in revenues before taking on capital, and you sell mostly through brick and mortar. Technically, that's what we called it, but it didn't seem entirely appropriate given that it had already been up and running for years and had millions in revenue.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 18, 2010
Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. TRUSTe claims that 82% of all users recognize the meaning of a TRUSTe seal on a web site, resulting in increased conversion rates, order values and engagement.
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