Gust

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Focusing on the burn rate and prioritizing every possible expense will keep overhead down, help you stay lean, and achieve a higher profit earlier. Fundraising and investor governance are never-ending tasks, which will take real focus away from building the right product and finding real customers.

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Bootstrapping Entrepreneur Startup Burn Rate 191

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Rather than invent a new form of corporate governance, venture investors adopted the traditional board meeting structure from large corporations. Jonathan Swift. Here’s how.

Silicon Valley 292

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 292

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Rather than invent a new form of corporate governance, venture investors adopted the traditional board meeting structure from large corporations. Jonathan Swift. Here’s how.

Silicon Valley 263

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 263

Up and Running

MARCH 26, 2020

With your forecast in hand, you can anticipate how far things will fall, and identify the best ways to react: Figure out your burn rate and runway : How quickly are you using up your cash reserves and how long do you have before you run out of cash? Review marketing programs: Are there marketing programs that you should cut or reduce?

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Management Forecast SBA Burn Rate 152

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2011

like how much burn rate), whether to sell the company, etc. Make sure you have a very clearly established governance structure. Involve them in fund raising, hiring, strategy, etc. Publicly call them a co-founder. Don’t rule like a dictator. But … if you have very big disagreements about funding, risk levels (e.g.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

But for those who aren't aware, it's a government stimulus program that effectively says for your employees that make under $100,000 a year, the government will cover your payroll expenses, and rent, and utilities, and some ancillary expenses, for the next two and a half, three months. Now you can't apply until Friday.

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Dallas Employee Government Social Media 68

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2020

The institutions that governed our lives before are under extreme stress, and the cracks and gaps in the system are becoming rifts and fault lines. Are we talking about scales of funding that only the government can do, or is there a role for private philanthropists and non profits here? I am Eric Ries. Alpha Lee : Yeah.

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Artificial Inteligence Open Source Cofounder Design 60

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the startup, it's time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Rather than invent a new form of corporate governance, venture investors adopted the traditional board meeting structure from large corporations. Because We've Always Done It This Way.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Balance Sheet Metrics Early Stage 117

Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

We dont know the end of the story, but they have built a real business with hundres of machines sold to gyms all over the world along with government contracts for military purchases. Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? ► October. (1). Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine. ► September. (1). Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct.

Bootstrapping 28

Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Software Review 28

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

He knows how to advise entrepreneurs on hiring/firing, running teams, managing funding, when/how to control burn rate, and making other tough management decisions in the real environment of startups. They’re not there for governance, making decisions or casting votes. Those advisors don’t make decisions for management.

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Burn Rate Hiring Engineer Entrepreneur 87

Hearpreneur

JULY 7, 2019

Over the next 10 years, entrepreneurship will reach a peak of new startups, increasing the burn rate of founders and the failure rate for new ecosystems. #10- Solopreneurs will join other progressive businesses. Photo Credit: Mario Peshev. As a result, companies will be strengthened afterward. Photo Credit: Paige Arnof-Fenn.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur Distribution Employee Arizona 91

Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

A 2005 report by the Government Accountability Office indicates that textbook prices have outpaced inflation by more than 2-1 over the past two decades and account for 26% of tuition and fees at four-year public universities and nearly three-quarters of costs at community colleges. Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? ► October. (1).

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San Jose Software Review Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

A similar trend is happening in alternative energy, the industry that has greatly benefited from both venture capital and US government assistance over the past decade. He points out that manufacturing employment in the U.S. million workers. I sent her a bunch of data to refute these claims. Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? ► October. (1).

San Jose 28

San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

In these economic times, tensions can flare over strategy, burn rate and performance. Restoring trust in our economy and government for Americans and the broader world community is a monumental task for President-elect Obama. Translating this mantra to the start-up world is a thought-provoking exercise.

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Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2020

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. How to build a profit and loss . How to forecast cash flow . Building your balance sheet. The difference between cash and profits. .

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Forecast Salary Business Plan Balance Sheet 157

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

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. Layoffs have also become more prevalent.

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

If you are asking investors to invest into a foreign entity, get legal and tax experts to prepare the memos for them about the tax impact on their fund, governance of foreign corporation etc. R&D outside SV is normally cheaper, so it helps you keeping your burn rate low. Read Venture Hacks ( [link] ).

Silicon Valley 104

Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

I cant remember if the SEC was one of the government agencies that Rick Perry wants to get rid of (but neither can he ), but it seems like this is the exact type of investor that the SEC was set up to protect. These investments would be exempt from registration under the 1933 SEC Act. There is a reason the SEC exists. ► October. (1).

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SEC San Jose Angel Investor Accredited Investor 54

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

At one extreme is the sort of pork-barrel project wherea town gets money from the state government to renovate a vacantbuilding as a "high-tech incubator," as if it were merely lack ofthe right sort of office space that had till now prevented the townfrom becoming a startup hub. 6 ]Ive omitted one source: government grants.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. Most of the informed people I know are telling me that the sharp sell-off has more to do with European national debt (PIGS as it is called: Portugal, Italy, Greece & Spain) than the current US dilemma of a S&P downgrade of the US government debt.

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