Why would there be a way to remove the obligation of the investment from the business? They are buying shares, once they buy them, they own them until they deci

Why would there be a way to remove the obligation of the investment from the business? They are buying shares, once they buy them, they own them until they decide to sell them. 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.