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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. This structure offers some of the benefits of traditional equity VC, without some of the negatives of equity VC. GSD Capital. “ GSD Capital partners with early-stage SaaS founders to fund growth initiatives.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

This got me thinking about the legal obstacles that face innovators with new business models. Rent seekers are individuals or organizations that have succeeded with existing business models and look to the government and regulators as their first line of defense against innovative competition. Rent Seekers.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Overall, nonventure-backed companies fail more often than venture-backed companies in the first four years of existence, typically because they dont have the capital to keep going if the business model doesnt work, Harvards Mr. Ghosh says. Non-classifiable Establishments. California. Connecticut. District of Columbia. Massachusetts.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

He lives in a small town in Idaho, so he can find out from Census.gov how many families live in his town. I guess one of the things to talk about is how someone might maybe use business model canvas first and then the lean plan. There seems to be a lot of questions.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

This got me thinking about the legal obstacles that face innovators with new business models. Rent seekers are individuals or organizations that have succeeded with existing business models and look to the government and regulators as their first line of defense against innovative competition. Rent Seekers.

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

Up and Running

We’re building a True SaaS company in Boise, Idaho, not in Silicon Valley or not in New York. You have to focus on for the nuts and bolts, what is the business model, how are we going to make money. You have to invest in your company to grow. It teaches you to be—my approach has just been to do things differently.