Cofounder Conversion IRR 
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2019
It proved to be fortuitous because it allowed me the time & space I needed to get to know tons of founders and VCs and to hone my craft. If you have any interest in hearing a bit about what Invoca does from one of our largest customers, Dish talks in this video about how they increased conversions 15x (no, that’s not a typo) [link] 5.
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This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 28, 2013
Why give more airtime to someone whose peak of influence, and perhaps success, is clearly behind him--especially to talk about topics where he clearly isn''t adding value to the conversation. Every time he opens his mouth about founder diversity, he seems completely out of his league to address the topic.
Feld Thoughts
APRIL 21, 2016
“Many Unicorn founders and CEOs have never experienced a difficult fundraising environment — they have only known success. ” Fred and I have had some version of this conversation many times over the past twenty years as we both strongly believe the punch line. This specific bias is rampant in the VC world right now.
David Teten
AUGUST 21, 2019
Most founders who are raising capital look first to traditional equity VCs. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. But should they? Less or no dilution.
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