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Failure and Redemption

Steve Blank

We give abundant advice to founders about how to make startups succeed yet we offer few models about dealing with failure. Redemption. We established a team of founders who worked collaboratively. Now when I listen to entrepreneurs who’ve cratered a company, I listen for their stories of failure and redemption.

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Failure and Redemption

Steve Blank

We give abundant advice to founders about how to make startups succeed yet we offer few models about dealing with failure. Redemption. We established a team of founders who worked collaboratively. Now when I listen to entrepreneurs who’ve cratered a company, I listen for their stories of failure and redemption.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

(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.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?

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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

by Aneace Haddad, CEO & Founder, Taggo. Co-branded cards were invented, combining a Visa, MasterCard or American Express payment brand along with a retailer or airline brand. Real-time points and mileage redemption appeared at the POS, first introduced over a decade ago and now going mainstream.

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10 random online resources for Entrepreneurs (2010 version)

crowdSPRING Blog

So I considered resources that I use on a regular basis, that provide real value to me in my own life as a startup co-Founder and that I think others will benefit from. This is a subjective list (as all such lists should be) and I can’t claim that what I find useful, you will too. This is what I get when I read Paul Graham.

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How and Why You Should Validate Your App Idea Before You Build

Up and Running

The end user of the application was those who recycled, however, the recycling and reward redemption process required partnerships with recycling facilities, local businesses, and government agencies. It worked by enticing app users to recycle, which earned them points they could redeem for rewards from local businesses.