Why Non-Dilutive Revenue-Based FInancing is an Alternative to VC with Melissa Winder S5 Ep.2
Why Non-Dilutive Revenue-Based FInancing is an Alternative to VC with Melissa Winder S5 Ep.2
Melissa Widner is an entrepreneur, investor, and CEO of Lighter Capital, the pioneer and leader in revenue-based financing for tech startups, founders, and companies. She was the founder and CEO of 7Software, a Silicon Valley-based enterprise software company acquired by Concur. She was also the CEO of Northwest Industrial Supply and is the co-founder and Chairperson of Sydney-based Heads Over Heels an organization that supports women entrepreneurs running companies with high growth potential. Previously, Melissa was the Managing Director of NAB Ventures, the VC arm of the National Australia Bank, and a General Partner at Seattle-based Seapoint Ventures.
In this episode we discussed:
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- The benefits of revenue-based financing \n
- The advantages and disadvantages of different types of capital \n
- What is mean to bootstrap a business and why founders are doing so; and \n
- The hallmarks of success for a bootstrapped business \n
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