Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

His most recent company, Filtrbox, participated in the inaugural Techstars class (Techstars Boulder 2007) and was a win for all parties involved; Filtrbox was acquired in 2010 by Jive Software (NASDAQ: JIVE). They close on the $750k, hire a buddy or two, buy some Macs, and get to work. There is $350k left in the bank.

Burn Rate 152

Burn Rate Equity Software Review Early Stage 152

K9 Ventures

MAY 28, 2015

At K9 we invest in companies which have a clear/direct revenue model and typically don’t invest in companies that follow the Ubiquity first Revenue Later (URL) revenue model made famous by Eric Schmidt in 2007. By carefully managing your burn rate and steadily growing revenue, you can now survive — almost forever.

Revenue 48

Revenue Startup Burn Rate Cofounder 48

BeyondVC

DECEMBER 6, 2006

It is near the end of the year and I would hope by now that most companies have been through a revision or two of their strategic plan and budget for 2007. What this does is speed up cash burn without delivering the desired results.

Burn Rate 79

Burn Rate Cloud Hiring Sales 79

thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

View Comments lk says: October 23, 2007 at 9:56 pm the co-founders of textworks just experienced getting shafted by a co-founder! Ryan says: October 24, 2007 at 7:00 am I’m sorry to hear about that. Who must be a co founder and who can remain a hired principal? so glad we found this blog [too bad it was a little too late].

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Founder Preferred Stock Startup 40

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

When I first got into the industry it was 2007. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. We have the inability to hire engineering in Silicon Valley or brand sales people in NYC but the country still has very high structural long-term unemployment. Yesterday was a Monday. And not a pleasant one.

Stock 305

Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305