Burn Rate Business Model Partner Portfolio 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Since NewTV won’t be making the content, they will be licensing from and partnering with traditional entertainment producers. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios. IPOs dried up.
Professor VC
APRIL 7, 2011
My partner in Menlo Incubator , Gary Kremen , and I had a recent debate on which one of us hates convertible debt more. However, using portfolio theory, your losers are going to far outnumber your winners, so taking half or more of the gains out of the winners will have a big impact on the overall returns. ProfessorVC. ► July. (1).
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Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 15, 2020
Actually keeping the company in business, having it have a sustainable business model, having it pull in the funds that it needs to keep going, that's actually not a greedy thing to do. So anyone in your portfolio, or anyone that you've been talking to have an example of something like that, or impressed you with something?
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. Talent development can even strengthen a company’s investment portfolio. So what’s the best way to create your dream team? Study your game plan.
Professor VC
FEBRUARY 12, 2008
Once the point is reached where you want to move ahead, we put the sales hat on and convince our partners about the incredible opportunity that we are lucky enough to be able to invest on the ground floor. This was the beginning of the dot com bust and getting a consumer deal through the partners at my venture firm was next to impossible.
Professor VC
FEBRUARY 26, 2010
My first reaction is incredulity that limited partners would buy into this idea. This is not far from the Y Combinator model , except they put a lot of time and energy into working with the entrepreneurs. This certainly gives new meaning to " drive by investing " which became popular in the late 90s. Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 14, 2016
Most are sitting on large portfolios of private companies that are raising money now or will need to do so in the future and they know that they’re up against some headwinds. Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital. There is reason for despondency. This is how VCs feel.
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