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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. Though RBI will displace some traditional equity VC, its much bigger impact will be to expand the pool of capital available for early-stage entrepreneurs. .

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Insuring Directors And Officers Through M&A And IPO Events

YoungUpstarts

The greatest liability for D&Os during an IPO comes from the prospectus document that discloses the company’s risks and financials to the public. Traditional D&O coverage will include prospectus liability although a stand-alone prospectus liability policy can be purchased as well.

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Thinking of exiting your business? Explore every option

The Next Web

It was the biggest IPO the Australian market had seen all year , and sparked a flurry of subsequent listings – but ‘going public’ was not the only option we considered, and until we had progressed our exit strategy to near completion, it also seemed the most unlikely. Prepare a detailed prospectus. In October 2013, OzForex listed.

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Probable and Improbable Lobbying Wins: The 1,000-stockholder Rule

Gust

Talented entrepreneurs are nothing if not resilient in the face of change: Market forces, competitive threats, technological shifts, you name it. Google, which incorporated in 1998, has a market cap of $200 billion and employs more than 30,000 people. Facebook, which did not exist in 2003, is now valued at nearly $100 billion.

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