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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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Compared to Accounting, Finance is ruthlessly forward looking. The basic lesson that founders can learn about asset valuation is that Accounting is past and Finance is future. Compounding is the ability of an asset to generate earnings that are reinvested in order to generate exponential revenue growth. Asset valuation.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors. .   First , dividends.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 13, 2018

If you’re self-confident enough to sell them on your vision, and said vision is actually worth selling, their largess may be all you need to get from whiteboarding to revenue. If you’re going to finance startup-related purchases with a credit card anyhow, why not use one that pays you back? Use a Rewards Credit Card. Just the opposite.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. No VC is interested in dividends – they want growth. This team is talented.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 5, 2023

A bonus state is New Hampshire, which also doesn’t charge a state income tax on its residents, but they still need to pay 5% on interests earned and dividends. This is given that states usually compensate for lost revenue through other taxes or cut services.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 9, 2021

REITs pay handsome dividends, and this makes it one of the most common retirement investments. What’s more, you can reinvest your dividends to grow your investment. Whichever strategy you choose, ensure that the monthly revenue exceeds your monthly expenses, including mortgage payments, taxes, interest, and maintenance costs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

In the interim, there is no market for the shares, and no dividends or interest. Tie payments to your product or service revenue. Many use a convertible loan note that may be converted into equity upon the closing of the first formal angel or VC round of financing, with a more realistic valuation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2014

In the interim, there is no market for the shares, and no dividends or interest. Tie payments to your product or service revenue. Many use a convertible loan note that may be converted into equity upon the closing of the first formal Angel or VC round of financing, with a more realistic valuation.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2013

Economic success is never guaranteed, but when you’re equipped with a strong understanding of finances, there is a better chance for your business to succeed. A pro forma statement is a method of calculating financial results of a business over a three- to five-year period that projects revenue and estimates future expenses and profit.

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The Startup Lawyer

AUGUST 22, 2011

Here’s a list of the top 5 deal terms that cause harm to startups at the seed financing stage and therefore should be avoided: 5. Dividend (that pays out). This is something you might see in a late stage private equity financing with a company that has a history of generating revenue. Tranched Investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

In the interim, there is no market for the shares, and no dividends or interest. Tie payments to your product or service revenue. Many use a convertible loan note that may be converted into equity upon the closing of the first formal Angel or VC round of financing, with a more realistic valuation.

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Up and Running

JULY 18, 2014

BUT – there’s no Social Security or self-employment tax due on the dividend pass-through. The new procedure, outlined in Revenue Procedure 2013-13, lets you deduct a flat rate of $5 per square foot, for up to 300 feet of qualifying office space. Here’s why the S corporation is so attractive. You’ll pay the same 15.3%

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Up and Running

JULY 20, 2015

Most simply, cash flow statements very quickly tell the story of how much revenue a company has coming in (inflows), and how much it has going out (outflows). Your organization’s operating activities include everything that relates to how you generate revenue. Financing activities. Operating activities.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2017

So much of our business day is spent on revenue and costs - i.e. generating the most possible sales at the least possible cost to pay the rent, meet payroll, and keep the lights on, etc. financing round. NativeAds (digital advertising) closed on a $4M venture financing. FutureFuel (HRTech+FinTech) successful $1.6M

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

It will usually be higher because the liquidation preference has a dividend so if the deal is long in the tooth assume that the liquidation preference might be $20-22 million. Let’s say the company had raised $15 million. That means that the likely have a minimum of $15 million in liquidation preferences. But pass they will.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Bonus – I was on The Australian Finance Podcast. Health Care – 10% Invest in leading pharmaceutical or healthcare companies with a wide range of products, strong R&D pipelines, and consistent revenue growth. Utilities – 5% Select utility companies with stable earnings and cash flows, along with a history of paying dividends.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JUNE 11, 2021

The dividend is also an essential of profits for shareholders. Enthusiastic asset use – The ratio of revenue earned for each dollar of each asset the company owns. Stocks give you ownership stakes in publicly traded corporations. They yield higher returns. You do not need a huge cash injection to buy stocks.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

If the idea was reliant on ad revenue for profit, it quickly becomes apparent that there will be no incoming money at all. Your projections should provide a range of best-case/worst-case revenue scenarios over a number of years. The situation becomes even worse if there is no marketing plan or budget. At this point, everyone loses.

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Rob Go

MARCH 20, 2013

Find good financing partners. You want to find financing partners who help you in the situations described above, don’t become yet another impediment. Is it possible to take seed money and not go for the Series A, etc, and just earn revenue? The third is some sort of dividend structure.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

The market regards equity as an ownership “share” in a corporation’s income revenue stream. Dividends paid and capital gains realized on a per-share basis provide ordinary shareholders with a way to participate in the profits stream of the company. The establishment of a dividend policy. What is Company Equity?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And this rapid prototyping thing when your back's against the wall and your revenue model's gone from 100% to 10%, if you're a small business, restaurant owner or you're running a small curbside, even a consignment store, I'm trying to help a leader understand how he can serve. So, how are you investing in being even better?

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. A high performing, high-growth SAAS company that may have been worth 10 or more times revenue was suddenly worth 4-7 times revenue. By the first quarter of 2016, the late-stage financing market had changed materially.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 2, 2019

However, when a company releases shares to allow potential shareholders to purchase them in order to generate revenue, they will immediately have outstanding shares as they no longer own these shares – those that have bought them do. Performance Measure Over Time. The weighted EPS value has now been obtained!

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Up and Running

APRIL 29, 2014

If you have those goals in mind and you understand where you’re going with your business, you have so much more power to plan for them, both on the tax side as well as on the revenue and expense side for your business and cash flow management. But it’s one of the most highly-audited areas of the Internal Revenue.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Now you’re going to move into your revenue model. Okay, so now your revenue model, so this is—. This is the part that people hate the most, unless you’re a finance geek. Of course you could set up dividends and all that that kind of stuff as well so they make their money, but you want to know what is your exit strategy?

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The dividend tax for all eligible companies in all areas will be set at 15%. in 2010, and for employees in the banking, finance and insurance sectors 64%. Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) had revenue of $43.6 Companies located in priority areas will also be eligible for investment grants of 20% of an approved investment plan.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

When we went out to raise money, we raised with only a couple thousand dollars in monthly recurring revenue. But we had a solid product, strong weekly revenue growth (10% week over week), and two distribution/marketing channels that were already paying dividends. Wrapping It Up.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 21, 2011

Professionally, I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), may also be called a Chartered Accountant (CA) on your side of the globe, a Finance Charter-holder and a Certified Financial Planner. I understand personal finance. It also helps that I arranged seller financing, which meant I didn’t have to take a loan from the bank.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 28, 2009

They asked for my advice, and we went through a number of recommendations that readers of this blog will already be able to guess: adding revenue opportunities, engagement loop optimization, and some immediate split-testing to figure out whats working and whats not. Its a version of the law of compounding interest. Share what you learn.

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