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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

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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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. And it may work. Dot Com Boom to Bust.

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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

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portfolios. The last couple of years has also seen the huge initial success of Ycombinator, the Lean Startup and many other product driven approaches to going to market. Usually in a tech / software startup 70-80% of your costs will be people. Each quarter you should review your model. How much will you pay?

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

We reviewed the story of The Diary of Anne Frank and what she went through. You really have to lean in and say, "Okay. So anyone in your portfolio, or anyone that you've been talking to have an example of something like that, or impressed you with something? I would review that and then somebody else would cut the checks.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. A month ago, half way through my angel funds raised from family members, I decided to review the progress I’ve made and figure out what still needs to happen to make this a viable business. We focused too much on technology. Company : Nouncer. Too much money.