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The Courage to Monetize

Austin Startup

I was given revenue responsibility for the East, which meant everything east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, but I was still more or less commuting between ATL and LAX when not on the road with dealers. Now it’s cost + markup + 14 layers of intermediaries who all get a cut = price paid by insurance or the government.

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On Supercities, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality in a Post-COVID World

Ben's Blog

Economic inequality and opportunities for job growth are directly correlated with overall spending levels on R&D and with the geographic concentration (or distribution) or those dollars — both public funding (government) and private (as with VC). As noted above, government spending on R&D has fallen and at the same time U.S.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

Like other RBI firms, Decathlon does not require warrants, governance involvement, or the types of financial covenants that are often associated with other venture debt type solutions. His description: “We announced a new $500 million fund in Q1 of 2019, in our 10th year.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Top 10 Tech Trends To Watch

ReadWriteStart

Today, the company produces low carbon footprint fruits and vegetables and sells to distributors in California, Nevada and Arizona. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. Next Deborah Walliser with Solsustech discussed GotProduce.com. Hard ROI is essential to get dollars flowing.

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