Most venture - capital firms — Sequoia included — are used to
the old equity model in which investors purchase private shares of a company, often while mentoring the founders to help the company reach its full potential.
Not exact matches
Their
model investor was a 40 - year -
old with a medium risk tolerance and a target 60 %
equity / 40 % fixed income portfolio.
In these pages, you'll find story upon story of unique partnerships, innovative business
models and good,
old - fashioned sweat
equity to make things happen, regardless of what the budget says.
DT: There are two operative
models in the market right now: the ultra-inexpensive, low brand
equity model, which typically aggregates huge agent counts under very large brokerages, with very low per - agent productivity; and the
old school brands running a fee - heavy
model that costs two to three times as much.