YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2019

by Everett Harper, CEO and cofounder of Truss. Startups tend to put a premium on being “agile,” but that doesn’t always work – and certainly won’t replace the effective collaboration a business needs to grow. Avoiding churn is also key in monitoring burn rate. At Women 2.0

Technical Cofounder 113

Technical Cofounder Burn Rate Seed Stage Cofounder 113

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

This is why agility is such a prized quality in product development. The passionate early adopters who flocked to the product at its launch could not sustain this outsized burn rate. As with many Silicon Valley failures, a flawless PR launch turned into a flawed customer acquisition strategy. We can skip the chasm.

San Francisco 150

San Francisco Lean Agile Continuous Deployment 150

Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2014

” For Lindsay Nelson, CEO and co-founder of Theme Dragon, Inc that opportunity was founding a tech company. She and original cofounder Megan Bradford poured their proverbial blood, sweat and tears into this enterprise. Nelson has some tips: Know your burn rate. How do you balance it all? Partner well.

Bootstrapping 107

Bootstrapping Cofounder Portland Burn Rate 107