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What Is Venture Debt and How Should Startups Use It?

View from Seed

If they can’t, then we want to know more about the existing investor syndicate, so we’re not the only ones at the table. GM: There are warrants attached to these loans, but it’s a pretty nominal dilution and pretty low cost of capital for an entrepreneur, which is usually part of the appeal. NVV: Is there any dilution?

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. Lenders sometimes take warrants. Most Flexible VCs lead rounds and often take 100% of the round to mitigate this risk. Expensive, complex, and time-consuming. Easy, except for addressing investor’s residual stake if any.

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5 Questions VCs Never Answer, Answered by a VC | #BOSSOI

View from Seed

Our investment size may differ slightly from one company to the next, but it tends to be driven entirely by situation-specific factors (needs of the company, syndicate composition, anticipated reserves, etc) … and not based on our belief. We expect that a half to two-thirds will achieve product/market fit and warrant further investment.

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Press Releases are NOT Dead [But Different]

Growthink Blog

Also, many times the press releases you submit on PRWeb get automatically syndicated (meaning posted along with links to your website) on other sites like Yahoo News and the websites of major newspapers. This syndication gets your release read by many more reporters and/or prospective customers.

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Building the Company vs. Building the Business

OnlyOnce

In fact, in many ways, I probably spent more time building the company in the early years than the business warranted given its size and stage. In the course of the interview, I realized that I’ve spent at least as much energy over the years building the company concurrently with the product/business.

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16 PR Strategies Every Small Business Should Stop Using Right Now

Up and Running

First, let me state that I do recommend the use of press releases when they are warranted. Stop spending money on aggregation services that, at best, syndicate your content without driving any real eyeballs. – Firas Kittaneh , Amerisleep. Press Release Avalanches. The problem is that companies tend to overuse them.

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Too Many Seed Investment Choices

Feld Thoughts

We are syndication agnostic – happy to invest alone and equally happy to invest with firms we like to work with. We are geographically agnostic – anywhere in the US – about 33% of our investments are in Colorado, about 33% are in California, and the rest are spread around the US.