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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

of The Campbell Firm PLLC , a New York City law firm, said, “The blended [VC] model has a lot of appeal for entrepreneurs … These types of investment models can allow more of a balance between the entrepreneur’s goals and the investor’s goals.”. Emily Campbell, Esq. Lose your house, burn your credit score.

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10 random online resources for Entrepreneurs (2010 version)

crowdSPRING Blog

My favorite business section of any newspaper is the one I read daily in The New York Times. The coverage of breaking news is as in-depth as can be found anywhere and the analysis is provocative and thorough. The columnists cover everything from media to finance to advertising to economics and I benefit from them all.

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Should I Use My Investor’s Lawyer?

Scott Edward Walker

This is not uncommon, but I still cringe when I hear it (probably because I was trained at two big law firms in New York City and this kind of stuff typically doesn’t happen there). Not to mention pushing back hard on unreasonable terms, such as “exploding” term sheets or certain redemption rights.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

Founders can repurchase up to 90% of this ownership via monthly redemption payments starting 12-36 months after investment, determined based on gross revenues and lasting up to a 3x repayment. —– Versatile Venture Capital is a new venture capital fund specializing in companies targeting early profitability, based in New York City.

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The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman

Feld Thoughts

If you want to go on an intellectual exploration of it, the New York Times Lesson of the Day is Amanda Gorman and ‘The Hill We Climb.’ This is the era of just redemption. But within it we found the power to author a new chapter, to offer hope and laughter to ourselves. We feared at its inception.

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How to Raise Prices for Existing Customers

ConversionXL

Sakas also noted that, for some clients, spending the extra money in the current calendar year allowed them to claim a tax deduction that effectively discounted the new price by 45–60%. Case study: Netflix’s “lost year” and a shot at redemption. Whatever you do, don’t be Netflix. In 2011, Netflix screwed up.

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Multichannel Analytics: Tracking Offline Conversions. 7 Best Practices, Bonus Tips

Occam's Razor

Use unique prices, promotions, coupons etc in your online marketing and then track the redemption of these through your offline (phone or retail) channels. Regardless of the redemption rates of coupons, many businesses find them to be very effective at tracking conversions offline. Not that hard.

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