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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY. FLEXIBLE VC VS. OTHER VENTURE CAPITAL MODELS.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

Copyright gives you the right to prevent others from copying, distributing or making derivatives of your work. patent rights are forfeited if you wait greater than 1 year after: - Disclosure in a printed publication: Red flags: White paper, journal/conference article, Web site. Posted in Technology, Venture Capital.

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Why Average VC Returns Don’t Really Matter

Agile VC

Typically it’s when Cambridge Associates releases their benchmark data on the VC asset class ( here’s a 2010 example article from TechCrunch ) or an organization like the Kauffman Foundation publishes a white paper ( a 2012 example article from Business Insider here ).

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VC Governance FAQ: (5) How are VC funds governed differently from the governance standards applied to their portfolio companies?

Pascal's View

This is the fifth in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. The VC fund may have one managing partner that sets the tone and controls the entire firm, or it may have a collegial distribution of governance among several senior partners. Is one more important than the other?

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What’s Your VC Tech Stack? Results from a Survey of Early-Stage VC Funds

David Teten

In his white paper How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood , PEVCTECH.com founder David Teten explored how private equity and venture capital investors are trying to automate more of their job. Boldstart uses both Zapier and Catalytic for this purpose. Methodology.

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Covid-19 is a marathon, not a sprint, for startups in US, UK and Israel

VC Cafe

Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP. The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

By the by, women donors, I recommend diversifying some of your capital distributions to reap that ROI to keep doing good… (+ this is a whole ‘nother blog post…) Undeterred. On the other side, I lament the budgets and detailed explanations of ECE wonks working to sell a white-paper vision in a smartphone world.