Business Model Deal Structure Networking 
David Teten
JANUARY 21, 2021
With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. This way of building the business we call ‘Value SaaS’ and the funding itself as optionality funding. One third of them are growing over 50% y-o-y.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
Questionable business model. Just 18 months after this photo sharing program and social network was launched, Facebook offered to purchase Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock. The deal closed only four months later in August of 2012. Unique social networking product. Low barrier to entry. Unprofitable.
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Cracking the Code
OCTOBER 10, 2008
You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. However, as we know from the cable industry, subscription businesses can be very profitable over time. For a direct, enterprise sales business model, these thresholds are likely to be around $80,000-100,000 CMRR (approx. $1-1.2M Michael Kassing.
Tim Keane
AUGUST 20, 2009
Ask any of us who've experienced significant down rounds based on some or all of these things, and one begins to understand the cautionary nature of deal structures. the business, it will always be worth more to the entrepreneur as well as future investors, if any. . This is a confluence of bad events.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
JANUARY 21, 2011
Although I knew I would be working in (not on) the business to some extent, the work turned out to be more than I anticipated, at least initially. Investment in small businesses require knowledge of transactions and the related aspects such as business valuation, due diligence, deal structuring / financing, contracts, etc.
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