Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2011

Your burn rate is the rate at which that money is being spent, and allows an estimate of how long you can go before refueling (runway). Investors look at your burn rate to see how efficient and effective you are at running the business. For obvious reasons, you need to keep your burn rate low.

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Burn Rate Startup Salary Equity 231

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Your burn rate is the rate at which that money is being spent, and allows an estimate of how long you can go before refueling (runway). Investors also look at your burn rate to see how efficient and effective you are at running the business. For obvious reasons, you need to keep your burn rate low.

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Burn Rate Startup Salary Equity 232

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Your burn rate is the rate at which that money is being spent, and allows an estimate of how long you can go before refueling. Investors look at your burn rate to see how efficient and effective you are at running the business. For obvious reasons, you need to keep your burn rate low. Great strategy.

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Burn Rate Startup Salary Equity 120

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. Compensation and support carried the corporate burden rate. The burn rate was extremely high, with no one working for equity or deferred compensation.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Burn Rate 214