Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

We had grown into a more reasonable burn rate so raising capital meant we would have many years of cash on the balance sheet. Some startups will get ahead of the difficult task of attracting capital in markets with more scrutiny and will adjust burn-rates, growth rates and prices.

Balance Sheet 150

Balance Sheet Burn Rate Valuation Forecast 150

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

Jeff has managed to keep his burn rate very low thus far, and a slow and steady crafting of the business is working nicely. The game has started getting some traction already, and has a good virality index. Jeff also described a compelling in-game offer-based customer acquisition model that is proving quite effective for him.

Dilution 114

Dilution Revenue Finance Entrepreneur 114

pandodaily.com

JULY 18, 2012

While a 21-year-old with no mortgage, no girlfriend and a low-burn rate may have nothing to lose, a 40-year old with a career, a mortgage and kids has everything to lose. There has to be nothing else in the world you can do and possibly be happy. No new parent is starting a company just for the life experience of starting a company.

Entrepreneur 45

Entrepreneur San Francisco Silicon Valley Technical Review 45

Hearpreneur

JULY 7, 2019

The future of entrepreneurship is global, distributed, and remote. Over the next 10 years, entrepreneurship will reach a peak of new startups, increasing the burn rate of founders and the failure rate for new ecosystems. More and more entrepreneurial ventures will be web-based business, bringing together teams globally.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Distribution Employee Arizona 102

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 10, 2020

It’s got a big burn rate, it’s too big to pivot, and it goes bust. Forward Partners and perhaps a dozen others globally, including Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures, have taken this to the next level, building the team out as comprehensively as possible. And everyone’s lost a lot of money. We call it “Applied VC”.

Partner 68

Partner Early Stage Portfolio Metrics 68

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 19, 2016

While you absolutely need to keep an eye on earnings and burn rate, human capital is ultimately the fuel that makes the machine run. She has more than 15 years of experience quantifying the softer side of business, working with human capital departments from small startup companies to global Fortune 100 organizations.

Startup 100

Startup Burn Rate Cofounder Salary 100

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

And even worse, wed cranked up the burn rate in order to be ready to handle all those millions of mainstream customers we anticipated. Worse, we tricked ourselves into thinking that what the press said about our success was actually true. When they failed to materialize, the company was in big trouble.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

But the reality is that “global warming” massively blunted the effects of winter and my prognosis for VC fundings of entrepreneurs in 2017–2018 is now very sunny indeed. This past year was also the year that startup boards also got more disciplined about containing burn rates and pushing for companies to be run more pragmatically.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Saudi Arabia Kuwait Burn Rate 150

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

There's a product manager at 3M that knows the N95 mask business inside and out, domestically and globally. To talk to other manufacturers and say, "Why don't we organize together and release information about what our daily production is, what our daily deliveries are, what our order rates are, so we reflect demand.

Dallas 68

Dallas Employee Government Social Media 68