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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% return cap.

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Your need for a board grows with complexity.

Berkonomics

Then along comes either money or contracts from strategic or financial investors or partners. Bank loans with restrictive covenants are taken on. I engineered the extraction of the outside investors, even at a near total loss. The operations of the corporation become more complex. The number of employees grows.

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Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons

www.igda.org

As I dug around, I was stunned to discover that I was hardly the first one to figure this out: my observations have been common knowledge among industrial engineers for almost a century. Prosperity Covenant , Tom Walker. This conviction of Abbe still seems to hold true after millions of experiments over the whole globe. Foundation.

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The Community Comeback: 14 Ways Local Leaders Are Reshaping America

YoungUpstarts

Think of how the dashboard of a car shows gas, oil, engine performance, temperature, and so forth. Pensacola used a Covenant for the Community to guarantee that contractors would use local minorities in the revitalization of downtown. They’re partnering with government the right way. . High school dropout rate?

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The need for a board grows with complexity

Berkonomics

Then along comes either money or contracts from strategic or financial investors or partners. Bank loans with restrictive covenants are taken on. I engineered the extraction of the outside investors, even at a near total loss. The operations of the corporation become more complex. The number of employees grows.