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RESOURCES
"Do you want to be rich or be king?"
A timeless article on the realities founders face once they have investors.
The Founder's Dilemma
Harvard Business Review, Feb. 2008
"Do you want to be rich or be king?"
A timeless article on the realities founders face once they have investors.
The Founder's Dilemma
Harvard Business Review, Feb. 2008
NEWS & PODCASTS
ACA's The Angel Next Door:
Surprising Lessons Learned About Revenue Based Financing
Interview with Denise Dunlap
GOOD READS
"Staff Report from the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation Fiscal Year 2025"
Read the latest staff report from the U.S. SEC that synthesizes data and trends from 2025 to help small businesses and investors understand how capital is being raised and invested.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation
"Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? Absolutely not."
A series of articles on the emerging class of revenue-based investors which will soon become a major segment of the venture ecosystem.
Revenue-based Investing: A new option for founders who care about control
David Teten Blog
"Do you want to be rich or be king?"
A timeless article on the realities founders face once they have investors.
The Founder's Dilemma
Harvard Business Review
"The truth is I didn’t really understand just how screwed I was until I understood how each term in the term sheet could be used to screw me."
Want to Know How VCs Calculate Valuation Differently From Founders?
Both Sides of the Table
WEBINARS
ACA Webinar Series:
Revenue-Based Financing
Sage Partner, Kevin Learned, and K&L Gates Partner, Gary Kocher, discuss how RBF can help investors diversify their portfolios and increase their returns by enabling returns to start flowing much sooner than a traditional equity investment.
Sage Advice: The True Cost of Equity Webinar
A webinar for entrepreneurs and investors on the true cost (sometimes hidden) of equity capital. Includes interviews with two successful entrepreneurs on their experiences both bootstrapping and raising equity.
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