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How to Have a Smarter VC Strategy

Austin Startup

Convertible debt is best when you don’t yet have revenue or a good sense for your valuation, because it allows you to raise money on the basis that the valuation will be set one to three years in the future, based on execution of the early business model. The right investors can fill two gaps, the money gap and the knowledge gap.

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The Summer of Initial Coin Offerings

Seeing Both Sides

Put aside the frauds and hucksters — time and transparency will cause them to shake out — and obviously not every business model is a fit for an ICO. The hope is that the early stage investors select companies that have a business model that takes advantage of the growth in the community and the ecosystem around it.

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The Summer of Initial Coin Offerings

Seeing Both Sides

Put aside the frauds and hucksters — time and transparency will cause them to shake out — and obviously not every business model is a fit for an ICO. The hope is that the early stage investors select companies that have a business model that takes advantage of the growth in the community and the ecosystem around it.

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Generative AI: Opportunity or the end of media as we know it?

VC Cafe

Initially, many publishers were slow to recognize the internet’s impact on their business model as distribution and the classifieds and ad worlds split – or what Ben Thompson calls the “ Great Unbundling ”. The creation of content, but especially the sharing of content became a zero cost game.

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Should I flip or should I build?

BeyondVC

This is the point where you have built a nice service or product, gotten a number of users, but have not really monetized it or created a scalable business model that can drive profits. Once you take in the money, it requires a ton of hard work to build a team, continue to innovate, and refine your business model.

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Patient Conversation Media Lands $1M in Funding

Austin Startup

“Our Pay-Per-Conversation business model delivers what health provider advertisers seek… a conversation with a pre-qualified, prospective patient.”. a leading eRecycler, and several strategic investors, is a strong endorsement of our prospects.&# Hackett, CEO of PCMi. said Hackett.

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Should I flip or should I build?

BeyondVC

This is the point where you have built a nice service or product, gotten a number of users, but have not really monetized it or created a scalable business model that can drive profits. Once you take in the money, it requires a ton of hard work to build a team, continue to innovate, and refine your business model.