Burn Rate Hiring Metrics PR 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
He just hired Meg Whitman. Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan.
crowdSPRING Blog
OCTOBER 24, 2014
Benchmarking SaaS Startup Efficiency with Revenue per Employee Metrics | by @ttunguz – crowdspring.co/1sRVdjm. What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company? | Hire the Right Type of VP Marketing ?Or How to Ruin Your Company with One Bad Process | by @bhorowitz – crowdspring.co/11FYS9R.
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Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 13, 2009
Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Even if you must launch to your customers, avoid the urge to also launch in extra places, just because your PR firm can do it at the same time. If you are having trouble raising money, sometimes a little PR can help. Help you raise money.
Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 27, 2009
The full formula works like this: runway = cash on hand / burn rate # iterations = runway / speed of each iteration Very few successful companies ended up in the same exact business that the founders thought theyd be in (see Founders at Work for dozens of examples). Were talking PayPal -sized variations.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 30, 2009
Hire the absolute best and the brightest, true experts in their fields, who in turn can hire the smartest people possible to staff their departments. Launch with a PR blitz, including mentions in major mainstream publications. Departments were built and were even metrics-driven. We can capitalize on new customers.
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