Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

You have cash in the bank, a monthly burn rate and a “cash out” date that few in the company truly comprehend. When you run a startup you’re always on borrowed time. I’ve never met a founder who wasn’t acutely aware of his or her ticking time bomb and the sense that failure and humiliation is a real possibility.

Burn Rate 238

Burn Rate Term Sheet CTO Hire Fractional CTO 238

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Now that Dick and Jane have added a CTO to SayAhh’s founding team, they’ve turned their full attention to working on their product. However, Jane realized that $3430 associated with the new office space security deposit and rennovations is essentially a one-time expense.

Balance Sheet 125

Balance Sheet Fractional CTO Burn Rate Salary 125

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Considering Facebook’s scale, the company is now in the business of operating power plants to operate its servers, therefore, Schippers estimates that Facebook has a $30 million dollar monthly burn rate just for hosting. Suddenly, those multi-million dollar financing rounds that startups raise don’t seem so outrageous! 4) WhatsApp.

Cost 168

Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

If you want to build your startup in the middle of nowhere and optimize purely for low burn rate, then sure, I’m sure you could work more cheaply elsewhere. That being said, is low burn rate really what you should be optimizing for? Maybe you meet a CTO who is tired of working with ad agencies.

New York City 113

New York City New York Startup Burn Rate 113