David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. This causes the cost of capital for Flexible VC, often calculated through IRR (similar to an interest rate), can be higher than that of venture debt or traditional RBI. 20-30% is a common target IRR for investors.
Steve Blank
MARCH 4, 2014
These groups are adapting or adopting the practices of startups and accelerators – disruption and innovation rather than direct competition, customer development versus more product features, agility and speed versus lowest cost. A business model guides an organization to create and deliver products/service and make money from it.
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Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
While brand building used to be dominated by larger well-capitalized companies, today startups can afford to get their products in front of qualified leads around the globe at a fraction of the cost and in much less time. Investors measure their success by looking at the internal rate of return (IRR).
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 12, 2023
VCs tend to demand more control of your spending and strategic decisions, with required board seats and lower valuations. Both angel and VC investors are looking for solutions that scale easily (product versus service businesses), and both expect revenue growth that can reach the $20M mark by year five.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 13, 2020
VCs tend to demand more control of your spending and strategic decisions, with required board seats and lower valuations. Both angel and VC investors are looking for solutions that scale easily (product versus service businesses), and both expect revenue growth that can reach the $20M mark by year five.
Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2013
Sigh… What I should have been hearing is the search for the business model, specifically the progress on product/market fit, but I hear the fund raising story first at least 90% of the time. Does our product or service solve a customer problem (product-market fit)? What is an IRR? Focus on product – market fit.
Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2013
Sigh… What I should have been hearing is the search for the business model, specifically the progress on product/market fit, but I hear the fund raising story first at least 90% of the time. Does our product or service solve a customer problem (product-market fit)? What is an IRR? Focus on product – market fit.
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