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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok. but that’s our firm’s money on your balance sheet. If you have a very low gross margin (10-30%) it can be very hard to build a large, scalable business because you need to make a lot of sales to cover your operating costs.

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3 Ways Structure Can Take Your Tech Startup To New Heights

YoungUpstarts

Whether it’s burn rates, balance sheets, or P&L and cash flow statements, financial documents say a lot about your operations — and you need to be able to speak the language. Look no further than Google and Oracle , and you’ll see that no company is immune from IP impasses. Get it all in writing.

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Venture Debt 101

Up and Running

You’re essentially opening up your “financial kimono” to a new entity, which might be viewed as a negative to many growing businesses (think monthly income statements, balance sheets and compliance certificates, annual tax returns, collateral audits, and more).

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Understand the tricks Multinationals use to avoid paying tax

Start Up Blog

Often high enough to remove any local profit for operations in higher taxed economies. This is not done to save on production costs, but to justify the location of IP assets in these low tax regimes. Multinational Company Value Tax – a tax based on the estimated company value of the local operations. Pay your tax – the end.