Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2017

The longer you wait to start your own business, the higher the default burn rate, and the less happy you will be to take a financial step down. Relish being the expert within a limited vertical domain. Measure their worth by the size of their office and salary. Expect to manage the team rather than be a part of it.

Salary 147

Salary Burn Rate Vertical Equity 147

VC Cafe

APRIL 27, 2011

VCs should aim to provide comprehensive data to their portcos on industry benchmarks, burn rates, market research, competitive analysis, etc. Create events around guests arriving from abroad or experts in a vertical area. Be a data source – the data flow between a VC and a startup doesn’t have to be one-sided.

Venture Capital 90

Venture Capital Differentiation Incubator Angel Investor 90

pandodaily.com

JULY 18, 2012

And the satisfaction of not only paying my own salary– which I’ve done for years on various book projects– but paying the salaries of others. While a 21-year-old with no mortgage, no girlfriend and a low-burn rate may have nothing to lose, a 40-year old with a career, a mortgage and kids has everything to lose.

Entrepreneur 45

Entrepreneur San Francisco Silicon Valley Technical Review 45

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

created a vastly higher cost structure; I had 80 people mostly on base salaries under $100,000 and was bringing in revenue at the rate of $20 million annually. The ArsDigita of Greylock, General Atlantic, and Allen had nearly 200 with lots of new executive positions at $200,000 or over, programmers at base salaries of $125,000, etc.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79