Steve Blank

APRIL 26, 2022

At the turn of the century after the dotcom crash, startup valuations plummeted, burn rates were unsustainable, and startups were quickly running out of cash. This article previously appeared in TechCrunch. Cram downs are back – and I’m keeping a list. But now with the economic conditions changing, that’s no longer true.

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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. The same thing happened to many Internet stocks.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. When I first got into the industry it was 2007. Valuations were enormous relative to progress in companies. was still a term being bandied about.

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