Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. Danielle goes through some commentary from Bill Gurley, Fred Wilson and Marc Andreessen about burn rate and then goes on to discuss her own burn rate and others publicly weigh in.
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.
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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.
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.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
This has led VC & entrepreneur bloggers alike to similar conclusions: start raising capital early and be careful about having too high of a burn rate because that lessens the amount of runway you have until you need more cash. But the hardest question to actually answer is, “What is the right burn rate for your company?”
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
That died with waterfall software development. If you’re a consumer destination the revenue and COGS lines should tell me about how big your funnel is, how you fill the top end of the pipe and what your conversion rates will be. Ditto for enterprise software companies. Each quarter you should review your model.
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
In my book, “ The Four Steps to the Epiphany ” I use enterprise software as the business model example. His two key slides are at the end of this post but the details on his blog are worth reviewing. What makes sense for startups selling Enterprise Software may not work for startups on the web. Customer Development In Context.
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