Burn Rate Hiring Software Developers 
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.
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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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.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 2, 2009
The key contributors to an out-of-control burn rate is 1) hiring a sales force too early, 2) turning on the demand creation activities too early, 3) developing something other than the minimum feature set for first customer ship. The Customer Development process (and the Lean Startup) is one way to do that.
Transformify
AUGUST 27, 2017
All of the above is true, but it is also true that many startups have failed because they hired too early, too fast, or fired too late. Many of the points below can be found among the best hiring practices for startups and there is nothing wrong with them in general. Then the hiring begins. Outsource the development of your MVP.
crowdSPRING Blog
OCTOBER 10, 2014
. “the people you fire are more important to your [company''s] culture than the people you hire.” Refocusing the Startup Burn Rate Debate | OpenView Blog – crowdspring.co/1n8paLq. 5 Ways to Hire the Best Talent for Your Startup Team – crowdspring.co/1ptyfds. ” – crowdspring.co/1slKVZ2.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 29, 2018
Investors check your burn rate to assess your efficiency, and project your remaining runway before you run out of money and into a brick wall. It doesn’t take a financial genius to recognize that you need to keep your burn rate low. Cash flow out equates to burn rate, and the runway depends on your reserves.
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