"My theory is that it is a demonstration of value.
Rather than being dilutive, any up-round financing (with a caveat that I'll address below) should be a demonstration of value accretion.
All it needs to do is hint at the grand vision by providing a single, irresistible demonstration of value over the status quo.
Enter Harvard professor Lewis Lockwood, whose "Beethoven: The Music and the Life" is to be commended not only as a distinguished addition to the list of books written about Beethoven for the general reader but also, thanks to Norton's archiving of nearly 70 notated music examples on a dedicated Web site, as a felicitous demonstration of value-added publishing.
There are far too many South Park underpants gnome business plans around (Step 1: Offer behavior app, invoking BJ Fogg; Step 2; Step 3: Profit), and comparatively few robust demonstrations of value delivery here.
Judge-and-punish-the-poor is not a demonstration of American values.
Instead, the Phoenix free school in Manchester would offer students ambitious academic goals, outdoor activities and a demonstration of "martial values".
"It's hard to think of a clearer demonstration of the values of today's Tory party than Boris Johnson's decision to sell primetime advertising space on London's buses and tubes to a loan company known for charging 2689% APR," he said.
"Blessing '97," as the stadium event this weekend is called, has been promoted by Mr. Moon in full-page newspaper advertisements as a wholesome demonstration of "family values". His church members have fanned out to malls, parking lots and neighborhoods in the Washington area to recruit couples to attend.
