Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2014

Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Be quick to hire and slow to fire. Hiring after one interview is like hopping a red-eye to Vegas to get married after one date. Only hire people who like you or think like you.

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Startup Intellectual Property LLC Burn Rate 265

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Quick to hire and slow to fire. Hiring after one interview is like hopping a red-eye to Vegas to get married after one date. Only hire people who like you or think like you.

Entrepreneur 274

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property LLC Burn Rate 274

Gust

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Be quick to hire and slow to fire. Hiring after one interview is like hopping a red-eye to Vegas to get married after one date. Only hire people who like you or think like you.

Startup 183

Startup Intellectual Property LLC Burn Rate 183

K9 Ventures

MAY 28, 2015

And in order to do that they need to either raise capital to be able to hire a team by paying them real dollars or recruit co-founders who are willing to share the journey based on the equity stake and bootstrap the company. By carefully managing your burn rate and steadily growing revenue, you can now survive — almost forever.

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Revenue Startup Burn Rate Cofounder 48

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

As an entrepreneur and operator at PayPal, LinkedIn, Slide, Square, and other places, and as a mentor to many startups over the years, Keith has earned the right to advise entrepreneurs. Most of us don’t know what we don’t know when operating in a new area. The right advisor asks the questions you never knew were important.

Burn Rate 87

Burn Rate Hiring Engineer Entrepreneur 87

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 30, 2020

Many fail because they fail to keep their burn rate in check and then run out of investors who are willing to fund their operations. They treat their startup’s burn rate like it’s etched in stone. The latter group also tends to spend every waking moment in the pursuit of lining up new financing.

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Burn Rate Management Startup Early Stage 107

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. The pressures of lofty paper valuations, massive burn rates (and the subsequent need for more cash), and unprecedented low levels of IPOs and M&A, have created a complex and unique circumstance which many Unicorn CEOs and investors are ill-prepared to navigate.

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2020

Instead, start with the quick and easy lean business plan , to help you map out your business and financing activities over the next few months. Also, for your crisis plan, be sure that you know your burn rate and runway , which is how quickly you are using up your cash reserves and how long you have before you run out of cash.

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Forecast Salary Business Plan Balance Sheet 157

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Like Edison and the lightbulb, like Gates and the pc operating system, I would launch a revolution that would transform society while bringing me wealth and fame. Post-Mortem Title : My eHarmony for Hiring Failure. – made compromises in early hiring decisions – choose expediency over talent/competency.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Finance where needed. Mostly we got to see the team operate in stressful times and that changed my perspective on the deal. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. We thought the following: No new deals close until we figure out WTF is going on with the market. We need some visibility.

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Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305