Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them & entrepreneurs that run them. God help the investor who has my sense of what’s coming for the future. One of my earliest excursions into market research was working for a research firm doing a 1979 forecast on ATMs. Subscribe by email. Invested Interests.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

I should note that my friend Brad Feld has written a new book on the subject that I would recommend if you want the bible on the topic. Obviously I’m a proponent of still working closely with your investors to make sure that they feel bought into your decisions which will matter a lot if you ever need their support in the future.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. ” and you can see that the balance of caution vs. optimism is 82% to 18%. ” “Mark has a vested interest in talking down valuations of startups.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2021

These new data sources are creating high-impact tools for investors. Jamie Finney is a founding partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund , where he blogs about his work on VC and small communities. More and more startups are pursuing revenue-based VCs , but it’s not a good fit for everyone. Jamie Finney. Contributor.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . Most of us want one spouse and we’re done. But in business, you want a lot of partners. 2) Market

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Rather, we want to accommodate the wide variety of instruments currently offered by Flexible VC investors, detailed below.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Rather, we want to accommodate the wide variety of instruments currently offered by Flexible VC investors, detailed below.

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