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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

Both Sides of the Table

Each VC has their own take on which services to provide and mostly they’re free but some smaller VCs charge portfolio companies for use of these services but usually at a cheap cost. And often it is hard to motivate people to take on big tasks like strategy re-evaluations because everybody is busy doing investment work.

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

David Teten VC

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. RBI structures have been used for many years in natural resource exploration, entertainment, real estate, and pharmaceuticals.

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Retail risk management key to success

NZ Entrepreneur

Maintaining cash flow in a retail business will also likely require the strategic use of discounting at some stage, in a way that fits your business. We recommend user testing to make sure your website is easy and intuitive to use, and making it easy for online customers to make a choice. Great people.

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

A MOC document can help you prioritize what jobs you need an executive to do so you can hire against those needs. Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. Can you just describe the MOC to our audience, what it is, and why you guys are so passionate about using it?

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. We think it’s a matter of products, but history shows us it takes more than just products and technology to create the sweeping changes. One of the big mistakes I used to make (and still sometimes do, frankly) was to negotiate piecemeal.

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Important Updates for Startups on the PPP and the CARES Act

Dream It

Kathryn (attorney from PilieroMazza) : Most banks are opening applications today, though a few rolled out last Friday with mixed success. Duncan: Founders have approached us with several affiliation concerns. You should not try to circumvent these rules by only temporarily removing covenants or using a time-based waiver.

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The 3 Newest Companies on YC’s Top Revenue List and What They’re Doing So Right

Y Combinator

That was the first one where I was like… whoa, okay, cool, there are companies using [Deel] that I love. "You As long as it’s not enough for us to feel it too much, it’s okay. Any advice for founders just getting started? " Any advice for founders just getting started? Nothing else matters."

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