Salary Software Review Technical Review Venture Capital 
David Teten
APRIL 1, 2021
Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. This typically includes: Relationships with relevant service providers in your vertical, often with pre-negotiated discounts: coaches, lawyers, accountants, common software vendors, consultants.
David Teten
AUGUST 19, 2019
I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. 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.
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ReadWriteStart
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
Early in your startup’s development, you’ll likely be low on capital. Even if you have an angel investor or a venture capital (VC) firm backing you, you’ll have an abundance of expenses, limited income, and a finite amount of time before the money completely runs out. Rely on Open Source Software. Do you really need this?
This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 25, 2011
First off, I couldn't actually afford to go anywhere on a startup salary. The issue was that for the last two weeks in August, there were no VCs around to pitch, no distribution partners to meet with for biz dev deals, and seemingly no one else around actually working for me, the non-technical co-founder to push ahead toward milestones.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. Revenue is Not Revenue is Not Revenue.
David Teten
JANUARY 23, 2021
The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs. For ideas, see How Executives Can Work from Home with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds. For more on this, see An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack. Lastly, gather feedback.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 12, 2014
I take a salary of $100,000, while healthcare and other HR related expenses like add up to another $16k on top of that. It''s also probably less than most funded CEOs are making--or certainly less than your average software developer. I send out my own term sheets and review docs myself--especially since I''m in sydicated rounds.
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