Burn Rate Hiring Silicon Valley Social Network 
Professor VC
JULY 22, 2009
The last blogger in Silicon Valley. The burn rates of my portfolio companies is certainly top of mind right now, but thats not what this post is about. Since Im not a fan of any of those genres, I have been looking forward to the release of his latest work, Burn Rate. ProfessorVC. Wednesday, July 22, 2009.
Professor VC
NOVEMBER 14, 2011
The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Since small businesses are responsible for the vast majority of new jobs, legislators believe that these new rules will make it easier for entrepreneurs to raise capital and ramp up hiring. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?
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www.chubbybrain.com
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
Post-Mortem Title : My eHarmony for Hiring Failure. – made compromises in early hiring decisions – choose expediency over talent/competency. Hiring is hard, and without proper experience, we should have leaned more heavily on our investors to help us with this decision. Company : Cryptine Networks.
Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 13, 2009
And even worse, wed cranked up the burn rate in order to be ready to handle all those millions of mainstream customers we anticipated. In fact, we often felt frustrated when new startups with a fraction of our success got terrific write-ups in Silicon Valley-centric venues. Thats how to "launch".
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 9, 2011
Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. We have the inability to hire engineering in Silicon Valley or brand sales people in NYC but the country still has very high structural long-term unemployment. And Social. tl;dr summary. VCs were very active in this period. My prognosis?
Professor VC
JANUARY 19, 2012
The last blogger in Silicon Valley. As an active participant in the Silicon Valley new venture ecosystem and entrepreneurship educator, Im intrigued by the recently announced program Venture for America (VFA). Clearly, we live in a bubble in Silicon Valley and our economy is rarely in sync with the nation as a whole.
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