Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. 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.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. 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.

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Silicon Valley Burn Rate Angel Investor Down Round 97

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

Defending the Brash Arrogance of Silicon Valley | by Mike Greenfield – [link]. Startups: You Should Value Software More | by Wade Foster – [link]. The Damaging Psychology of Down Rounds | by Mark Suster – [link]. Surround yourself with people who make you happy | TNW – [link].

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. 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. Email readers continue here.]

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Silicon Valley Burn Rate Angel Investor Down Round 85

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.) And as much as I like the startup ecosystem here it seems to me that the people cost of software development forces startups to launch half-baked products.

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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. That’s a really big deal, because that category of software, line managers and businesses have never actually used that software themselves.

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