Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

Because you have a unitary focus on financing your company or you die you seem not to miss a beat in thinking about the last meeting and the funder has been whipsawed in 20 directions. In fact, my personal fund raising strategy is to attend the first meeting by myself. That way when my partners in are in …. You’re in control.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders. Although we haven’t been on the inside at Techstars for several years, we grew up with the program and have watched with growing dismay as it drifted away from its original focus on founders.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The Buckminster Fuller Competition : The Buckminster Fuller Challenge is an annual international design challenge awarding $100,000 to support the development and implementation of a strategy that has significant potential to solve humanity’s most pressing problems. Non-Dilutive Financing: Everything You Need to Know.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

Independent sponsors (groups seeking to acquire a company which do not have the equity financing needed in advance) earn nothing upfront, but earn 20% of the deals they facilitate. Similarly, certain Revenue-Based Finance investors (e.g., We are people-first, values-driven, multi-strategy, always-accessible. Calm Company. “We’re

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