Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. Danielle goes through some commentary from Bill Gurley, Fred Wilson and Marc Andreessen about burn rate and then goes on to discuss her own burn rate and others publicly weigh in.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
It helped me avoid chasing deals (and a house) in 2007/08 and it led to GRP’s fastest pace of investment in many years in the first three quarters of 2009 at a time when many others weren’t investing. Enter the famous Sequoia “RIP Good Times” presentation and Ron Conway’s publicly leaked emails calling for big slashes in burn rates.
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Feld Thoughts
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
His most recent company, Filtrbox, participated in the inaugural Techstars class (Techstars Boulder 2007) and was a win for all parties involved; Filtrbox was acquired in 2010 by Jive Software (NASDAQ: JIVE). I’ve worked closely with Ari for a while and love his candor. The plan would have to get way tighter, way faster.
K9 Ventures
MAY 28, 2015
At K9 we invest in companies which have a clear/direct revenue model and typically don’t invest in companies that follow the Ubiquity first Revenue Later (URL) revenue model made famous by Eric Schmidt in 2007. By carefully managing your burn rate and steadily growing revenue, you can now survive — almost forever.
Professor VC
DECEMBER 18, 2008
One of my favorite projects from 2007 was a solar power wetsuit. I really enjoy the collaboration among students in different parts of the university and the excitement of talking about their ideas and thinking through the business potential, particularly for the non-business students. Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? ► October. (1).
Professor VC
FEBRUARY 26, 2008
Its Ok to Exit a Little Early -StubHub was experiencing great growth and hitting its metrics when Ebay acquired the company in early 2007 It is quite possible that Jeff could have gotten a higher price for the company by waiting, but felt there were a number of benefits to exiting when they did. Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? ► July.
BeyondVC
DECEMBER 6, 2006
It is near the end of the year and I would hope by now that most companies have been through a revision or two of their strategic plan and budget for 2007. What this does is allow companies to manage to a certain burn rate (baseline) but at the same time continue to push its teams to excel and deliver results.
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