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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

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.

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The Great VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) – Part 1 of 3

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But any entrepreneurs raising capital should keep in mind that this opening of the markets could possibly be temporary. 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.

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Create Structure out of the Gate and You’ll Thank Yourself Later

Feld Thoughts

Ari Newman is an entrepreneur, mentor, investor, and a friend. He works at Techstars where his responsibility is to ensure that the connections between alumni, mentors, and staff are as robust as they can be – helping entrepreneurs “ do more faster ” day in and day out. The plan would have to get way tighter, way faster.

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ProfessorVC: Why didn't I think of that??

Professor VC

The NIF (in its 5th year), is essentially a science fair for entrepreneurs. One of my favorite projects from 2007 was a solar power wetsuit. We recently had our Neat Ideas Fair, which is my favorite annual event of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship at SJSU. Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? ► October. (1).

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ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

Professor VC

Do you have the right make-up to be an entrepreneur? You need to be true to yourself and many people arent cut out to take the personal and professional risk associated with being an entrepreneur. I was glad to see he didnt try and upstage Mr. Hogan by adding another one. Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught? ► October. (1).

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. One group charges entrepreneurs "an administrative fee" to present to the group. Touched by an Angel. Back to the panel. for a total of $10.5M

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How much equity for investors and employees?

dondodge.typepad.com

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? Entrepreneurs face some pretty tough questions at a very early stage. Both the entrepreneur and the investor have much higher expectations than just "even money" on their bet.

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