[javery]

If that's true I take it all back, but the way I read "long-term residual" was that even after you paid it back they still got a piece of the action.

[tylertringas]

Once Return Cap is fully repaid the founder can run the business profitably forever and not pay us anything more. We do typically prefer an option for a % only if the business is sold but can do a deal (with a higher Return Cap) that excludes this easily.