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Investments of time and money are critical for startups’ success

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Mentoring is one of the most valuable venture services i2E provides to Oklahoma’s innovators and entrepreneurs. Over half the deals and total investments reported in the Angel Capital Association’s most recent Angel Funders Report were made in pre-seed and seed rounds. By Scott Meacham. We are focused when we mentor.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten VC

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Funder Category. Of the Inc. Example VC.

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All Raise’s interim CEO is now full-time

TechCrunch

Hendrix Buckner joined the organization, which supports women founders and funders, as chief of staff in early 2022 and stepped in as interim CEO in January following the resignation of former CEO Mandela S.H. All Raise ’s interim CEO Paige Hendrix Buckner has now dropped the “interim,” according to the nonprofit’s blog post.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten VC

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY. Funder Category. FLEXIBLE VC VS. OTHER VENTURE CAPITAL MODELS.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing. By making corporate funders, and not startup founders, their primary customer, Techstars built a centrally-controlled sales- and operations-driven culture that made startups the product, not the customer.

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12 ‘flexible VCs’ who operate where equity meets revenue share

TechCrunch

Jamie Finney is a founding partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund , where he blogs about his work on VC and small communities. The founders, LPs and venture partners have a long history in local startup ecosystems in the Southeast including LaunchTN , The Company Lab , CO.STARTERS and several other regional funds and resources.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten VC

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? GCVF is pioneering the future of venture capital and high growth startups for all small communities.