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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

This is a legal framework designed to harness the entrepreneurial power of for-profit enterprise while preserving a company’s essential purpose. Purpose Ventures’ deal structures are bespoke to each company.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

While the CAC ratio helps SaaS businesses at scale to manage their Sales and Marketing spend, the SLC is a helpful framework for early stage businesses before you have meaningful data. Ramping up too quickly will burn precious cash reserve and could sink the business.