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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

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Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We Besides the future potential earnings youre forgoing, youre also diluting your own ownership in the company. Science and Technology Technology.

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Capital Market Climate Change

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3/31/1997: 23.3. If we took too much dilution, we will work with our new investor to make sure that every employee is still highly financially motivated. If markets behave rationally, one might expect the ratio of price to earnings to be reasonably stable over the period (click here for complete data set). 3/29/1996: 22.3.

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Capital Market Climate Change

Ben's Blog

3/31/1997: 23.3 If we took too much dilution, we will work with our new investor to make sure that every employee is still highly financially motivated. If markets behave rationally, one might expect the ratio of price to earnings to be reasonably stable over the period (click here for complete data set). 3/29/1996: 22.3

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

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I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. Plus, down rounds trigger anti-dilution provisions. What is the True Sentiment of VCs?

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