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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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Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Founders?

Both Sides of the Table

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. And for some strange reason entrepreneurs didn’t share this information. I’ve started from day one trying to build total transparency into my process with entrepreneurs.

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Retirement and Redemption « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Eighty some pages later I realized that a) I had some great war stories as a good marketeer and failed CEO, b) I’d have to pay my wife and kids to read them, c) the three of them were probably the entire total available market, and d) when I looked at what I had done and what other entrepreneurs had done at their startups, that there was a pattern.

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One Book Every Entrepreneur and VC Should Own

Both Sides of the Table

tl;dr version: If you’re an entrepreneur or VC or will be working in this industry - buy this. When I first started as a startup CEO in 1999 there were no guides on raising venture capital. Redemption rights? – entrepreneurs never seem to focus on anything other than ownership percentage.

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Mobile Spinach – Mobile Commerce And Group-Buying Platform

YoungUpstarts

This makes redemption quick and convenient, without the hassle of showing printed emails or other methods employed by traditional group-buying sites. Mobile Spinach was founded in 2010 by entrepreneurs John Vitti, Antonio Vitti, and Steve Lewis.

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The Customer Development Manifesto: The Startup Death Spiral (part.

Steve Blank

Reply links for 2009-09-07 « Blarney Fellow , on September 7, 2009 at 6:10 pm Said: [.]

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How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

Startup Company Lawyer

My general opinion is that anything that makes the financing process faster and easier or otherwise educates entrepreneurs is a good thing. (A If you don’t, please educate yourself on this site, Venture Hacks and the term sheet series by Brad Feld/Jason Mendelson, among other places. Redemption rights. under $500K).

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