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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? And he said ok got it.

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Don't forget to look at venture debt when raising a new round

BeyondVC

In addition, while most associate venture debt with investments in companies with core technology, more and more venture debt firms are back and willing to offer capital to earlier stage web-based companies with no financial covenants and MAC (material adverse change) clauses.

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Inside Out: Unlearning it all and Building Leadership from Within

Duct Tape Marketing

Scott Stratten has Co-Authored 6 best-selling business books with his business partner and wife Alison and was formerly a music industry marketer, National Sales Training Manager, and a College Professor. 13:43): They were also not a company that we were on the internet for a long time. President of UnMarketing. This is John Jantsch.