Berkonomics
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 2, 2009
In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) How to raise real money with a Customer Development presentation in the next post. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Berkonomics
AUGUST 10, 2017
Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.
Berkonomics
MARCH 30, 2010
It is not a strong bargaining position for the CEO to ask for money to complete a product promised for completion with the previous round of funding. Fixed overhead for salaries, rent, equipment leases and more make up the majority of the “burn rate” (monthly expenses) for most companies.
Scalable Startup
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
In doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” at the tail end of last year, I interviewed Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed. Alexia Tsotsis: Are you seeing down rounds because the NASDAQ is down? Marc Andreessen On The Future Of Enterprise.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
118 
Let's personalize your content