David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

So you’re interested in raising capital from a Revenue-Based Investor VC. A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors (“RBI”) are emerging. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Rational burn profile, up to 50% of revenue at close, scaling down. Bigfoot Capital.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

Competitive industries, such as insurance, travel, and finance are especially susceptible. When the fraud hit, that fell to just a few hundred pounds of revenue a day and a ton of wasted spend. For example, if you suddenly notice hundreds of clicks from rural Idaho—and you sell beachwear—you can block that set of addresses.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

You can compare customers in California, Idaho, and Florida; new and existing customers; or various demographics, etc., It might seem logical that you’ll also measure the second most overused web metric: Average Revenue per Email Sent = total revenue / # of emails sent. Not revenue. Economic value is our obsession.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

To give you some further context, we recently spoke with a VC in Boise, Idaho, who gets 500 deals a year. That means that less than 1% of the entrepreneurs who apply succeed in getting financed. A sustainable business = (customer + revenue + profits). His firm invests in four. Investors are optional in this equation.

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

M&A and Finance. Social media audiences have effectively become another universe of prospects to tap, which means measurement and tracking is essential to yielding from these visitors both direct and indirect revenue. Finance/Accounting. Assn/Non-Profit. B2B: Business Media. City & Regionals. CMS Insights. Consumer Media.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. I’m here with some really phenomenal CEOs who are going to talk to us today about small business finances from funding to growth.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Finance, Banking, Loans, etc. start-ups fail, he says. Auto Repair, Parts & Services. Educational Services.

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