Burn Rate Finance Metrics Revenue 
VC Cafe
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
One question that keeps coming up when speaking with early stage entrepreneurs when it comes to funding, is what metrics the company needs to hit to raise seed/series A/B etc: What’s a good conversion rate? Is my churn rate below the category average? Example of Baremetrics revenue per user benchmarks.
View from Seed
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Pre-seed investing should be super simple, so any signs of pro-rata rights, tranched financings, charging the company for value-added services, etc. As an inexperienced founder, you are very likely to take at least two rounds of financing before a series A, so the round to try to skip is any sort of second seed. should be avoided.
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David Teten
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Instead of budget approvals, monitor key metrics and give managers more flexibility. Sean Colrock, Director of Client Partnerships at Wiss & Company , suggests at a minimum you track: cash on hand; fume date; and burn rate. Traditional budgets can be destructive and a huge waste of time.
Up and Running
JUNE 18, 2013
We’ll be using LivePlan to display these metrics. LivePlan’s cloud-based Scoreboard feature enables you to track your finances on the go. Keep an eye on both your monthly burn rate and any major payables to make sure you’re financially viable in the immediate future. You can take LivePlan for a spin here.).
View from Seed
OCTOBER 15, 2014
Examples of housekeeping include the following list, though not every item will appear every time: Finance: Cash out date, burn rate, 409A valuation, cap table, common/preferred stock dashboard. Finance is mission critical, for instance – it just appears on a recurring basis. The seed stage is all about traction.
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
I had been confused for years why I had to update an income statement each board meeting that said zero for 18 months before we had any revenue. How do we finance the company, etc. Do the metrics show that the business model you’re creating will support the company you’re trying to become? Startup Metrics.
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. I call this Revenue Development and have written about it before. >$0/month. That’s real money.
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