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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten

Factoring, MCA and receivables-based solutions are also typically tied to a customer contract, invoice, credit card throughput or some other specific collateral or cash-collection mechanism, while RBI is not involved with monetizing individual receivables or credit card payments. Investor prospectus . One-Page Term Sheet.

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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

View from Seed

Everybody has known that for awhile, even without perusing a prospectus. But ops & customer support is another 17-20% of revenue and arguably you couldn’t run the business if you took that away. For what it’s worth, I suspect that Airbnb will continue to grow fairly rapidly and continue to redefine the lodging category.

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One Little Ice Cream Cart That’s About to Have Big Growth

Up and Running

People in Eugene loved it,” Red Wagon says in a funding prospectus (more on that in a bit). “In On the retail side, Stuart watches per-customer spend and same-day sales comparisons. Red Wagon immediately got on board, prepared a funding prospectus, and launched their $120,000 campaign in January.

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Don’t Pitch A Venture Capitalist Without This Checklist

David Teten

Customer/user. If you’re talking with an investor competent enough that you’d want her to invest in you, that investor will also be competent enough to surface the negative information you’re trying to hide. By surfacing the negatives early, you help establish a relationship of mutual trust and respect. Business Model. How do you make money?

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Excellent Analytics Tips #19: Identify Website Goal [Economic] Values

Occam's Razor

Signing up for the Angel Card will make me a loyal customer (after all, how will I ever resist the temptation of getting a surprise birthday gift every year!). How about the economic (goal) value of me visiting VS All Access and consuming all the valuable content? Let that sink in. Stunning, right?

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I have a few contractors to do the technical side of my work and a customer support person, but that’s it. I didn’t have that contractor doing customer support. You already have a way to make money through your business, and you just want more customers and more leads. I don’t actually have any employees.

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How Andreessen Horowitz Evaluates CEOs

Ben's Blog

When a company clearly articulates its story, the context for everyone—employees, partners, customers, investors, and the press—becomes clear: When a company fails to tell its story, you hear phrases like: “These reporters don’t get it.”. Why should I invest in the company? Who is responsible for the strategy in this company?”.