Steve Blank

MARCH 17, 2020

The questions every startup or small business CEO needs to ask now are: What’s my Burn Rate and Runway? Burn Rate and Runway. To answer the first question, take stock of your current gross burn rate i.e. how much cash are you spending each month. What does your new business model look like? How do you know?

Burn Rate 436

Burn Rate Startup Valuation Sales Cycle 436

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. When Chris Cancialosi , founder and partner at gothamCulture, first began hiring for his team, he took into consideration the fact that professional firms often have long or uncertain sales cycles.

Startup 100

Startup Burn Rate Cofounder Salary 100

Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Many startups focus on growth (instead of profits) and often need to track KPIs that may be different from those used by established businesses: Burn rate : indicates the company’s negative cash flow or how quickly it’s spending money. Activation rate: measures how many visitors are engaging with your website or app.

Founder 71

Founder Retention Metrics Technical Review 71

VC Cafe

JUNE 6, 2024

Burn Rate Definition: Burn rate is the rate at which a startup is spending its capital to finance operations before generating positive cash flow. Benchmark: Serena Capital advises B2B SaaS startups to target a gross margin of 80% or higher to demonstrate the scalability and profitability of their business model.

B2B 97

B2B Burn Rate Generative AI Retention 97

ithacaVC

MAY 20, 2014

Ask: why is your burn rate so high and is it sustainable? Ask: how does the buying coop work and how will it impact your sales cycle. Now, with the benefit of hindsight, this only makes me ask more questions. I think you are probably getting the theme: don’t be shy about asking questions. Ok, you get it.

Burn Rate 80

Burn Rate Sales Cycle Portfolio Hiring 80