Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

After all, a sustainable business model requires repeat customers! Knowing when you expect to be profitable will influence every other business decision you make. This impacts every decision related to your business, from hiring more staff to expanding product offerings to investing in marketing. – Ben Rubenstein , Yodle.

Metrics 146

Metrics Burn Rate Entrepreneur Forecast 146

YoungUpstarts

MAY 20, 2015

“Looking to scale is a “rinse and repeat” function, as a start-up the job is to identify a repeatable and scalable business model. Burn rate: Seeing company grow fast is both exciting and overwhelming experience. Hire Talent. “I would say that hiring talent is were the story begins.

Colombia 100

Colombia Burn Rate Startup Agile 100

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 19, 2016

While you absolutely need to keep an eye on earnings and burn rate, human capital is ultimately the fuel that makes the machine run. Depending on your startup’s needs, it can be a toss-up on whether to hire for attitude or skill. Others may need a high-level new hire to start things off with a bang.

Startup 100

Startup Burn Rate Cofounder Salary 100

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

In his view, "It's never selfish to keep your company in business. It's never selfish to hire. I said, "Hire people. Hire them to do whatever you can find them to do." I think that's just one of the things where every company when all of a sudden your business accelerates, there's always something you need done.

Dallas 68

Dallas Employee Government Social Media 68

philipsmith.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

a year burn rate and your equity is worthless due to numerous recapitalizations and bridge loans from investors then either you don't get it or I'm stupid to do it. Looks like you should have hired a CFO a long time ago! New Business Models. Tech Business Environment. Don't get me wrong.

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley Equity Technical Review Recapitalization 40

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Post-Mortem Title : My eHarmony for Hiring Failure. I was manifesting this huge monolithic application in my head that would revolutionize the job search, I had even written some code at this point, and didn’t have any idea if actual businesses were willing to pay a dime for it. We had the wrong business model.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Since small businesses are responsible for the vast majority of new jobs, legislators believe that these new rules will make it easier for entrepreneurs to raise capital and ramp up hiring. In theory, this sounds like a great idea. However, in practice, this will be very bad. Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? ► October. (1).

SEC 54

SEC San Jose Angel Investor Accredited Investor 54

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

You have to know your business model. Most startups launch before theyve figured out what business theyre in. And even worse, wed cranked up the burn rate in order to be ready to handle all those millions of mainstream customers we anticipated. Most startups arent so fortunate. March 13, 2009 11:20 PM Urs E.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Professor VC

JANUARY 19, 2012

If the rest of the country were experiencing the new company growth, hiring challenges, decreasing office vacancies and rising rents that we are in the Bay Area, the economy wouldnt be the top issue in the presidential campaign. Clearly, we live in a bubble in Silicon Valley and our economy is rarely in sync with the nation as a whole.

Silicon Valley 28

Silicon Valley San Jose America Venture Capital 28