Burn Rate, Operations and Software Development

High Burn Rates Result in Short Startup Runways

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.

Burn Rate

Burn Rate Startup Salary Equity

Startup Runway Length Depends on Your Burn Rate

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.

Burn Rate

Burn Rate Startup Salary Equity

5 Keys To Minimizing The Burn Rate For Your Startup

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.

Burn Rate

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary

5 Ways To Conserve Investor Cash And Ensure Survival

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

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.

Burn Rate

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Salary Angel Investor

Don’t Get Burned By Your Startup Burn Rate

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.

Burn Rate

Burn Rate Startup Salary Equity

Investors Measure Entrepreneurs By Cashflow Mileage

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

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. Cashflow out equates to burn rate, and the runway depends on your reserves.

Burn Rate

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Entrepreneur Salary

5 Keys To A Viable Spending Rate And Cash Management

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

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.

Burn Rate

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Management Salary

Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

That died with waterfall software development. 66% Net Operating Margins? Too aggressive about the rate of customer adoption? You might then slow down your burn rate or raise more money. Do so at your peril. I’m talking about your financial spreadsheet. This stuff is ‘zero gravity.’

Business Plan

Business Plan AJAX Venture Capital Technical Review

5 Steps To Maximizing Your Startup Cash Flow Runway

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

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.

Burn Rate

Burn Rate Hockey Stick Startup Salary

A heartbreaking story about time and money.

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Fixed overhead for salaries, rent, equipment leases and more make up the majority of the “burn rate” (monthly expenses) for most companies. Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. The financial pain of unplanned delays.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Burn Rate Angel Investor Down Round

10 Reasons You Don’t Qualify for an SBA Disaster Loan

Up and Running

APRIL 22, 2020

If your business has only been operational for a few months you do have options. They want to understand your burn rate and cash runway to see how likely you are to pay back the loan, and in a crisis, a hit in sales, revenue, and overall cash flow can help prove that you were affected by COVID-19. Risky industry.

SBA

SBA Forecast Software Review Business Plan

3 Ways To Ensure Your Startup Has A Top-Notch Team

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. But throughout all this, you can’t overlook the single most important financial consideration: your team. Your employees, after all, become part of what you sell.

Startup

Startup Burn Rate Cofounder Salary

Wasted time is money lost.

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Fixed overhead for salaries, rent, equipment leases and more make up the majority of the “burn rate” (monthly expenses) for most companies. Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Burn Rate Angel Investor Down Round

Wasted time is money lost. (And another story of lost opportunity.)

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

Fixed overhead for salaries, rent, equipment leases and more make up the majority of the “burn rate” (monthly expenses) for most companies. In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. Email readers continue here.]

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Burn Rate Angel Investor Down Round

StartUpRoar

High Burn Rates Result in Short Startup Runways

Startup Runway Length Depends on Your Burn Rate

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5 Keys To Minimizing The Burn Rate For Your Startup

5 Ways To Conserve Investor Cash And Ensure Survival

Don’t Get Burned By Your Startup Burn Rate

Investors Measure Entrepreneurs By Cashflow Mileage

5 Keys To A Viable Spending Rate And Cash Management

Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

5 Steps To Maximizing Your Startup Cash Flow Runway

A heartbreaking story about time and money.

10 Reasons You Don’t Qualify for an SBA Disaster Loan

3 Ways To Ensure Your Startup Has A Top-Notch Team

Wasted time is money lost.

Wasted time is money lost. (And another story of lost opportunity.)

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