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

David Teten

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010. John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. Absolutely not.

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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

Gust

Modern theories of economics and finance teach us that in a world of perfect information, the market will decide what a fair price is for any company’s stock at any point in time based on its current financial condition, results of past operations, analysts’ forecasts of future performance, industry conditions and so on.

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Excellent Analytics Tips #19: Identify Website Goal [Economic] Values

Occam's Razor

You'll need to work with your Finance team. 3: Get the current "faith based" number from Finance. I walk over to the Finance department and ask them for the value of one TV ad impression. People in Finance are your much underappreciated BFFs. #4: Let that sink in. Stunning, right? Try these techniques. #1:

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Don’t Pitch A Venture Capitalist Without This Checklist

David Teten

The cover note should include: name, website, location, revenues (if any), detailed financing history (if any), and precise terms on which you are seeking to raise capital. By surfacing the negatives early, you help establish a relationship of mutual trust and respect. ” Investors value getting a sense of your expectations.

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How Andreessen Horowitz Evaluates CEOs

Ben's Blog

This includes matters of personnel, matters of financing, matters of product strategy, matters of goal sizing, matters of marketing. Does the CEO know what to do? One should interpret this question as broadly as possible. Does the CEO know what to do in all matters all of the time? and “can the CEO get the company to do it?