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No Plan Survives First Contact With Customers – Business Plans versus Business Models

Steve Blank

They collected information that justified their assumptions about the problem, opportunity, market size, their solution and competitors and the their team, They rolled up a 5-year sales forecast with assumptions about their revenue model, pricing, sales, marketing, customer acquisition cost, etc. It was an exquisitely crafted plan.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Flexible VCs also offer investors some of the same advantages as RBI: Clear return expectations : The return cap is a stated multiple of the investment, typically 2-5x. . Equity VC is a “get rich slow” business. Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. Typical business stage.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Technographics vendors such as Builtwith , Datanyze , HG Data , Stackshare, and Stacklist help CEOs identify the right tech platform on which to build their business; they’re also helpful for investors to due diligence a company’s tech stack choices. 645 Ventures released a cap table simulator to help level the playing field.

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What’s Your VC Tech Stack? Results from a Survey of Early-Stage VC Funds

David Teten

We are taking a mathematical (weighted coefficients estimation, probabilistic modelling, etc), human-system hybrid approach to early stage investing through this tool. We believe this way we can extrapolate insights for our particular business model (portfolio operator VC fund) previously missed out.”.

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Lean Startup Conference Speaker Ann Miura-Ko on being a founder, representation, and the future.

Startup Lessons Learned

Eventually, I joined Jenny Lefcourt in the initiative called Founders for Change, where we’re amplifying the voices of the founders who are demanding greater representation and diversity not only within their organization, their cap table, and their board rooms, but also in terms of the makeup of all of these organizations.

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The Breakout Tech Company Of 2019

Haystack

They then, in turn, brought that software into their small businesses, their sub-groups within companies, and provided the kindling of distribution within work-related networks. While that consumer window was no longer opening, individual consumers began discovering new software tools to make themselves more productive.

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What is indie.vc

Bryce Dot VC

VC funding can great for some companies, but it comes with a certain set of expectations that have an impact on everything from business model to company culture. Is it possible to maintain and independent attitude and ethos with an outside investor on your cap table? That’s a fine narrative, but not the only one.