Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 22, 2020
From my perspective as an investor, I recommend that every founder needs to know the answers to these questions, be open and honest in answering them thoughtfully, and without making excuses: What is the current runway and burn rate? Look for examples of similar companies and revenue multiples achieved from acquirers.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 18, 2023
From my perspective as an investor, I recommend that every founder needs to know the answers to these questions, be open and honest in answering them thoughtfully, and without making excuses: What is the current runway and burn rate? Look for examples of similar companies and revenue multiples achieved from acquirers.
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Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 10, 2016
From my perspective as an investor, I recommend that every founder needs to know the answers to these questions, be open and honest in answering them thoughtfully, and without making excuses: What is the current runway and burn rate? Look for examples of similar companies and revenue multiples achieved from acquirers.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 8, 2015
From my perspective as an investor, I recommend that every founder needs to know the answers to these questions, be open and honest in answering them thoughtfully, and without making excuses: What is the current runway and burn rate? Look for examples of similar companies and revenue multiples achieved from acquirers.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2013
The company with no revenue and a $150k burn rate that raised $2.5 I often wonder why they didn’t find a way to bring in some revenue to cover costs. Newsflash – if you had $75k revenue / month you’d have 8 months cash left in stead of 4. I see this weekly. million and has 4 months cash left.
Hippoland
DECEMBER 18, 2016
Your equity stake If you’re a “founder” brought into a startup a bit later and are given say 5% of the company (on a vesting schedule), this is very different from being an “original founder” who likely owned 25-50% of the business starting out. On the flip side, you may be generating some revenues to offset costs.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
There never has to be atime when you have no revenues. Another difference with large investments is that the founders areusually required to accept "vesting"—to surrender their stock andearn it back over the next 4-5 years. vesting would in that situation force founders to toe the line. At Viaweb we managed to raise $2.5
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