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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.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Huge downturns have a real impact on the revenue line of start-ups and therefore the pressure on valuations. 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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AUGUST 9, 2011

When I first got into the industry it was 2007. Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. Let’s review all of our existing investments. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. Yesterday was a Monday. Cut where needed.

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