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

David Teten

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem.

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How Modern Business Tools Help Law Firms

The Startup Magazine

According to a firm practicing criminal law in Tampa, no business can operate without some type of accounting software. Well, the number of expenses that appear on a day-to-day basis must be kept in order so that the firm can properly cover its tax liabilities, represent revenues, pay all workers, and more. An Accounting Platform.

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5 Companies That Could Become The Next Apple

YoungUpstarts

With an impressive product lineup of new iPhones, Apple watches, iPads and an all-new Apple TV queued for shipment this week, 2015 is the most successful year of revenue growth for Apple , according to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook. The online retailer Amazon experienced an 18 percent growth of revenue in 2015. percent) to 2014 (21.9

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Always Right: Five Risks You Must Take With Your Customers

YoungUpstarts

Besides the loss of potential future revenue, any sunk costs (costs you initially incur to gain the customer) are unrecoverable. Remember, a client’s real value is not the revenue made from their first order, but the total long-term value. That’s where word-of-mouth advertising begins.

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The Importance Of Intellectual Property Protection In Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

The process to be approved for a patent or trademark is extremely rigorous to ensure that everyone gets a fair opportunity, which is why it’s no surprise that patent attorneys in Tampa are very in-demand for inventors. It Helps Secure Secondary Revenue Streams. It Encourages Innovation.

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Lessons Learned on Mashable today

Startup Lessons Learned

We were even more embarrassed by the pathetically small number of customers we had, and the pathetically low amount of revenue we had earned so far. We’d always cringe as we admitted that, no, we really only had a few thousand customers and a few thousand dollars in monthly revenue. Retention cohort analysis. I am chugging along.

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9 Strategies to Increase Your Food Truck Revenue

Up and Running

Between 2008 and 2014, industry revenue increased at an annual rate of 12.4 Think Tampa, Florida’s I Wanna Wok or Portland, Oregon’s Kim Jong Grillin, both of which nailed their concept by choosing memorable, funny names, distinctive logos and branding, and a cohesive menu that reflects their brand.

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