Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2020

Early stage burn rates over $50K per month, or a runway of less than six months may indicate an inefficient or desperate startup. How complex is the capitalization table? If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation.

Technical Review 436

Technical Review Due Diligence Sweat Equity Burn Rate 436

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Early stage burn rates over $50K per month, or a runway of less than six months may indicate an inefficient or desperate startup. How complex is the capitalization table? If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation.

Sweat Equity 207

Sweat Equity Burn Rate Technical Review Intellectual Property 207

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

Early stage burn rates over $50K per month, or a runway of less than six months may indicate an inefficient or desperate startup. How complex is the capitalization table? If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Burn Rate Technical Review Intellectual Property 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

Early stage burn rates over $50K per month, or a runway of less than six months may indicate an inefficient or desperate startup. How complex is the capitalization table? If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Due Diligence Sweat Equity Burn Rate 120

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Wondering what a cap table is, its importance, and how you can maintain it to expand your business? What is a cap table? A cap table is also known as the capitalization table. This is a table that outlines the company’s capitalization. Let’s dive in.

Cap Table 112

Cap Table Pre-Money Valuation Stock Options Option Pool 112

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

A high performing, high-growth SAAS company that may have been worth 10 or more times revenue was suddenly worth 4-7 times revenue. Also, they have a strong belief that any sign of weakness (such as a down round) will have a catastrophic impact on their culture, hiring process, and ability to retain employees.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Peter: Techstars is probably the most famous accelerator but the idea of the accelerator versus the incubator because there is living field, because there’s this very early stage fields for them both. The cool thing is with the device like, that with the science like that, there’s a lot of early stage proving ground needed.

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Incubator Email Startup Oregon 60