Both Sides of the Table

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.

Burn Rate 383

Burn Rate Balance Sheet .Net Valuation 383

YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

Founders need seed capital to get their operations up and running, and to begin generating revenue. For first time entrepreneurs or new entrants in a market, most initial problems start with failing to meet revenue projections — when product roll out is delayed, for example, or when it takes longer than expected to get revenue traction.

Cofounder 127

Cofounder Burn Rate Technical Cofounder Seed Capital 127

YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2016

by Gadiel Morantes , chief revenue officer at Early Growth Financial Services. 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? A Jenga tower is a precariously built one.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Burn Rate IP Intellectual Property 124

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

In SaaS the main benchmarks being measured are revenue growth, sales efficiency (unit economics), churn and burn rate. Example of Baremetrics revenue per user benchmarks. Part of the challenge in deep tech is getting to revenue and scaling it. Software as a Service (Saas) benchmarks. Consumer apps and services.

B2C 141

B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

lifetime value] [How much revenue are you making and how has this changed over the last few months? 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?] Are they paying? If so how much? What is a customer worth?

Burn Rate 48

Burn Rate IP Cofounder Differentiation 48