David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2019

But every year thousands of entrepreneurs become millionaires by buying and growing businesses without the startup headaches of venture capitalists, zero revenue, and no business processes. They manage all the customer relationships. The opportunity: Use this as a negotiating point when bargaining for the deal.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2018

Marks, founder and managing partner of High Rock Partners and author of “ Middle Market M & A: Handbook for Investment Banking and Business Consulting “ Conventional wisdom says that a company grows by reaching new customers, increasing its workforce, expanding marketing or launching new products or services.

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Start Up Blog

MARCH 24, 2015

Now they won’t share any of the potential advertising revenue or other prizes which come from direct customer relationships. And it’s licensing deal structures born of the late 1970’s cable TV era that create this back door leakage. The back door has been opened.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Seed is the new Series A. (~$2M used get for building product, establishing product-market fit and early revenue). 6M-$15M used to scale customer acquisition and revenue). It used to be that a company could go public when it hit $20M in revenue. Q: How are most Pre-Seed deals structured? By definition, yes.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Just like every business thinks about their customers and what their customer wants, when you wanna sell your business, you are basically entering the same kind of world, but instead of your product or service, it's your business. Let's talk about some of the deal structures you've seen. 01:38): Yeah, sure. 09:23): Sure.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. An intrapreneur is the extreme; usually an intrapreneur’s employer owns 100% of the new business that she creates. Our model at Casual Corp.

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