YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

by Anish Sebastian and Juan Pablo Segura, co-founders of Babyscripts. Founders need seed capital to get their operations up and running, and to begin generating revenue. Ten years ago, Ward Cunningham published a Youtube video that introduced the concept of “technical debt” to the world. Fundraising debt.

Cofounder 127

Cofounder Burn Rate Technical Cofounder Seed Capital 127

YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2016

Use burn rate as an example. If you don’t understand how much money your company is burning through each month, how can you expect to intelligently talk about your fiscal health? Ideally, tech startup founders stay on till the very end. Read your books from cover to cover. Get it all in writing.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Burn Rate IP Intellectual Property 124

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Have the co-founders worked together before? Is there any special tech or IP here? [in May or may not ask this depending on if our hypothetical VC firm leads rounds or not] [What is a team’s burn rate?] Get more specific - what does that mean?] Does the team have particular domain knowledge / expertise? Motivation?]

Burn Rate 48

Burn Rate IP Cofounder Differentiation 48