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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 it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month. Let’s set up a framework.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

Internet scale. If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). Have easy access to capital by investors who are committed to building businesses at Interent scale. Simplifying: Revenue -.

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Don’t Sleep on Lightning

Version One Ventures

Low fee: Lightning supports any size payment all the way down to sub 1 cent micropayments, which will unleash all kinds of new internet native, global commerce and even new payment types like “streaming” – imagine paying by the second for watching a movie or accessing car insurance. . Instead, we’ll own our own identity via LSATs. .

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There’s an Internet Showdown Brewing

Andrew Payne

This scenario captures a core net neutrality concern: are we moving to an Internet where our access is determined more by business agendas and less by technical issues? Your next TV will likely be 4K with IP-delivered video. Back home in West Virginia, our Verizon phones have no 3G service. down 14% for Verizon in one month).

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Registering A Domain Name For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Your domain name is different from its IP address. Most users find it easier to remember a site name instead of its IP address (a string of numbers, such as 109.87.6.543). The registrar places your domain with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Register a Domain.

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There’s an Internet Showdown Brewing

Andrew Payne

This scenario captures a core net neutrality concern: are we moving to an Internet where our access is determined more by business agendas and less by technical issues? Your next TV will likely be 4K with IP-delivered video. Back home in West Virginia, our Verizon phones have no 3G service. down 14% for Verizon in one month).

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When Does Zynga Become a Value Stock?

Agile VC

IP Litigation – EA is suing Zynga for copyright infringement , and regardless of the merits this is a headache Zynga will have to deal with and pay to defend itself. The “value” case goes like this: A) Valuation Net of Cash – Zynga’s market cap sits at around $2.2-2.3B as of this post. market cap minus $1.6B

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