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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. Often times when companies raise “bridgefinancing (this is money from internal investors. This week was had Jason Calacanis as our guest. Short answer: no.

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Areas to take seriously when applying for a bridging loan

The Startup Magazine

Taking out bridging finance is a big decision and one that requires plenty of research and consideration to ensure it is the right choice for you. To help you decide, here are four of the key areas that should be taken seriously when applying for a bridging loan. Understand how a bridging loan work.

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Ensure Your Startup Succeeds with a Business Bridge Loan

The Startup Magazine

Business bridge loans provide a physical function of addressing cash flow gaps for the sake of maintaining optimal operational continuity and realistic growth potential. For your start-up to survive in the ever-changing world of entrepreneurship, you need to possess the characteristics of agility and financial strength.

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On Funding?—?Shots on Goal

Both Sides of the Table

Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. I’ve definitely been wrong on market value.

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Bad Notes on Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

It’s simply what a market is willing to pay based on a future belief that your company will grow and non-linear rates and be worth much more in the future. In finance they call it “terminal value” but the truth is the price is as arbitrary at your A round as it is at your seed round. Cashflow projections?

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Startups and VCs Should Avoid “Pier” Funding

Both Sides of the Table

Maybe the market views this as not worth the price you paid? The industry jargon for convertible debt is a “bridge loan&# or “bridge financing.&# It’s called a bridge loan because it’s meant to provide enough capital to bridge you from your last round of funding until your next round of funding.

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

David Teten

According to Lighter Capital ,“ the RBI market has grown rapidly, contrasting sharply with a decrease in the number of early-stage angel and VC fundings ”. However, many industry experts question the accuracy of early-stage market data, given many startups are no longer filing their Form Ds.

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