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.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 20, 2019
For example, we worked with a company and observed that each release required eleven engineers. While additional personnel is crucial to scale the product, misaligned hires will increase burn rate without a concurrent jump in productivity and meaningful growth. The newly-promoted engineer often has no managerial experience.
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, The COGS (costs of goods sold) tells me about how big your customer acquisition costs will be. Don’t know the running rate for engineers? I won’t need to hire many engineers or customer support staff. portfolios.
Mucker Lab
MAY 28, 2020
These lost startups land higher valuations, have larger teams, outsource more product development and spend more money on customer acquisition than their peers. Until you have product-market fit, hire builders: engineers, designers, and growth and product people. More and more investors have begun to shun high burn rates.
ReadWriteStart
JANUARY 27, 2011
Jeff also described a compelling in-game offer-based customer acquisition model that is proving quite effective for him. Jeff has managed to keep his burn rate very low thus far, and a slow and steady crafting of the business is working nicely. Brainscape. The answer to the question is neither. Note, I said, validated.
Up and Running
OCTOBER 1, 2014
Nelson has some tips: Know your burn rate. She notes that if you’re considering acquisition as an exit strategy, creating and maintaining relationships is going to be key. When you’re starting a business to build your own luck, you don’t often have a lot of start up capital. How do you balance it all?
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 2, 2009
The key contributors to an out-of-control burn rate is 1) hiring a sales force too early, 2) turning on the demand creation activities too early, 3) developing something other than the minimum feature set for first customer ship. What’s the customer acquisition cost? Who influences a sale? Who recommends a sale?
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