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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month. I often see companies burning $100,000 per month (net) looking to raise $6-8 million.

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The Great Coding School Rollup of 2015

Feld Thoughts

When I saw the proposal, I immediately thought of the web consulting rollups of 1999. Companies were being bought (and valued) at 10x forward revenue only to be valued at between 0.5x revenue several years later. Do you remember US Web, iXL, Scient, and Viant? I’d argue the 0.5x Anyone remember the web hosting rollup?

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10 Real World Hazards With Taking Your Startup Public

Startup Professionals Musings

Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is finally up from the dead zone of the last two decades, and is now double the rate back in 1999. Friendly or hostile takeover attempts are just a couple of the many ways that company founders sense a loss of control of their own destiny.

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5 Tips For Startups To Avoid A Financial Disaster

YoungUpstarts

by David Johnson, founder and CEO of TempCFO. Having emergency cash can cushion the blow and act as a safety net while also giving you peace of mind and a sense of security that you have money to pay rent, food, and other personal expenses. It can be disastrous and crippling when you lose your main income source. Limit Your Spending.

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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

ReadWriteStart

So, think of the typical two founders with a pitch book in a garage. Instead, that’s the sort of pre-series-A investment where companies or founders have visions of where they think there are underserved market needs, and they’re coming up with something super excited to try to solve that. . We’re a crossover fund.

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

Both Sides of the Table

If a company has reached a level of success, has been around for a few years and you believe the company has potential to break out into a much bigger company then you should let the founders take money off of the table. Founders however are asked to take low salaries and never really get back the time they worked for free.

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10 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The founders eventually created custom cereal boxes to raise funds so they could continue to operate. billion in annual revenue. 5- Jack Ma founder of Alibaba. In 1999, Alibaba had to face many failures; for the first three years, the company made zero revenue. Thanks to Bruce Harpham. #3- Airbnb now makes $2.5