Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

Show breakeven point, burn rate, and growth assumptions. What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)? What is the rate of return expected for the investor? Financial projections. Project both revenues and expense totals for next five years, and past three years. Exit strategy.

Elevator Pitch 247

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 247

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Show breakeven point, burn rate, and growth assumptions. What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)? What is the rate of return expected for the investor? Financial projections. Project both revenues and expense totals for next five years, and past three years. Exit strategy.

Elevator Pitch 234

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 234

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Show breakeven point, burn rate, and growth assumptions. What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)? What is the rate of return expected for the investor? Financial projections. Project both revenues and expense totals for next five years, and past three years. Exit strategy.

Elevator Pitch 235

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 235

Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

Show breakeven point, burn rate, and growth assumptions. What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)? What is the rate of return expected for the investor? Financial projections. Project both revenues and expense totals for next five years, and past three years. Exit strategy.

Elevator Pitch 146

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 146

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 22, 2008

  In addition, I can also promise you that any large or small company looking to buy a startup does not also want to pick up a large burn rate.    Even on a private-private merger, most of these VC-backed companies will do nothing unless the deal is cash flow positive on Day 1. 

Burn Rate 60

Burn Rate Merger Portfolio Partner 60

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

While my ownership stake in the company has been diluted through these financings (and the merger with uControl), my carried interest (paper value of my equity) has been going up with each increase in valuation. So what does this all mean. As I said up front, I have mixed emotions about the financing. Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28