Looking at it cynically, it could be a great Goldman Sachs instrument - no exit we win! exit we win! But from a founder perspective, it would be helpful to have a couple of worked examples.
Looking at it cynically, it could be a great Goldman Sachs instrument - no exit we win! exit we win! But from a founder perspective, it would be helpful to have a couple of worked examples.
The part that's not a small business loan, I'm guessing, is that these are venture capitalists acting on longshots.
5-10% won't let you tolerate any misses.
It seems the financial terms are clear as cement too. I'm really interested in this model for my business (sounds perfect for where we are) but clarity of terms makes me hesitate.
You would strike a deal of how many dollars per share just like any other investment.
The part that a few people in this thread don't seem to be getting is that distributing money via dividends is something a founder wants to do, not something they are forced to do.
Why? Because the founder gets their percentage of the money!
Normal VCs don't want you to distribute because they only want you to grow. Any money that you have they want you to spend on growth so that you can do a big exit. This is a totally different mindset then making a normal company that just earns money and gives that money to it's owners.