A couple of recent articles are showing the ever-widening cracks in the venture capitalist model of funding. Basically, the VC idea is to buy a stake in a company at the lowest possible value, and …
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Are Citibank and LendingClub really "Greasy Loan Sharks?"
Tags: google, grease, loan-sharks, rbfPlease let me clarify: I am not leveling an accusation at my fellows in the world of finance. Emphatically, I am not calling those companies by that epithet. But, it seems that they've adopted …
RevenueLoan at the Angel Capital Assn
Tags: revenue-loanOn a chilly February morning (4 Feb 2011, to be exact) Randall Lucas of RevenueLoan warmed the hearts of the Angel Capital Association members by showing them how to start recouping their …
An animated intro to Revenue Based Finance
Tags: educational, superhero, videoThis animation provides an introduction to revenue based finance, as practiced by superheroes. Seriously! Yes, at RevenueLoan we approach things a little differently. If you think this kind of …
Build it, Ship it, Fund it.
Twelve months ago it was crazy talk. Like the dude with the scraggly beard on the corner raving about the coming apocalypse, if you told someone you could conceive, build, and launch a company …
HOWTO use Dropbox to organize your startup's documents
Tags: educational(or, poor man's document management system, on the cheap.) This quick HOWTO is inspired by the trial-and-error learnings we've had at RevenueLoan over the last several months of getting into …
Business Credit from the Trenches: Forum Postings Indicate Loosening
Tags: banks, business-lines, credit, credit-card, educational, line-of-credit, looseningWhen you think of credit loosening or tightening, you might think of senior loan officer surveys, the Fed Open Market Committee, FHLB standards or likewise. But I like to keep my ear to a more …
RBF is hot, and heating up in Texas
Our beloved financing model - royalty based financing or revenue based finance (take your pick) - is apparently now the "hottest new development in venture capital", according to the Dallas - …