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Launchpad LA – More Details Revealed

Both Sides of the Table

He had a pile of debt and covenants that made him vulnerable if the debt holders wanted to play rough. On the funding, business creation, business development fronts I think we did quite well. It was inspired somewhat by a comment that Matt Coffin (founder of LowerMyBills) made at a technology event hosted by Jason Nazar.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

which they co-developed with Fenwick & West. . Typically promissory note or non-voting common stock, with covenants. Hard covenants with potentially strict penalties. . Some players have proposed templates: Earnest Capital Shared Earnings Agreement v1.3. has open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0,

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

We have a special program if you are pre-seed and need product development. We have developed a proprietary machine learning algorithm that assesses the risk and return profile of the business and determines whether to invest in the business. Alternative Capital. “ You qualify if you have $5k+ MRR. The average cash balance is $191,164.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank. The answer?

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Have you done your annual entrepreneurial health check?

NZ Entrepreneur

Breaching facility limits and covenants – this can take the form of a company breaching its overdraft facilities with multiple excesses each month. For example, a new competitor entering the industry, new technological developments or changes in legislation.

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Unintended Consequences: When SAFE and Convertible Notes Go Awry

Pascal's View

The easiest way to do so is via SAFE notes, due to their simplicity, “available online” documentation, no major covenants established to protect the investors, no governance implications at the board level, etc. All of these items are postponed until the elusive priced equity round. It’s going to be great!”.

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What Factors Should You Consider When Comparing Franchise Opportunities?

Up and Running

Post-termination covenants. In addition to the possibility of facing liability for “lost future royalties” as discussed above, as a prospective franchisee, it is important to be aware of any other post-termination covenants in your franchise agreement as well.