Burn Rate Finance Technical Review 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
High burn-rates fueled by over investment – One of the most damning things that happened to the start-up markets in 97-00 and 05-08 was the overfunding of technology companies. Bu when you start to worry that the world is ending (as it seemed it was in late 2008 / early 2009) you tend to get worried about large burn rates.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 28, 2018
Founder: “$8–10 million” VC: “What’s your current burn rate?” VC: “So at a constant rate of burn rate you’d be raising enough for 2.5–3 I built a “plan b,” which in this case just holds burn rate constant at $350k and has you out of cash in month 19, which gives you more runway. Founder: “Um.
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 19, 2016
Think of a tech startup the same way. Forty-six percent of those cases fall short due to issues of “incompetence,” which can allude to any type of structural snafu. Speaking intelligently about your company’s current (and future) performance means regular check-ins with your finances. Use burn rate as an example.
VC Cafe
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
When you start with an honest and diligent effort to determine the truth of your situation, the right decisions often become self-evident.” — Jim Collins , author of Good to Great. In this post I’ll focus on benchmarking resources for seed and series A in the following three categories: SaaS B2C / Consumer apps Deep tech.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Much has changed in the past four months of the technology startup world and how outsiders value the business. Investors are rewarding cautious growth more than high-burn-rate growth at all except the most successful of companies (and even there it may eventually change). The best deals will continue to get financed.
Feld Thoughts
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
Here’s the punchline: if you run your company as if you have closed a VC equity financing round even though you actually closed a convertible debt round, you’ll be in much better shape when it comes time to raise your Series A financing. One of them used to be a lead developer at [insert hot consumer tech company here].
Professor VC
JANUARY 27, 2011
How Much Diligence is Due.Or Ive addressed the due diligence question in previous posts, but this came up again in a debate we were having at a recent meeting of the Sand Hill Angels. And in order to increase our groups returns, one of our goals should be to get more people and man hours involved in the diligence process.
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