Burn Rate Partner Portfolio Technical Review 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Since NewTV won’t be making the content, they will be licensing from and partnering with traditional entertainment producers. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
portfolios. I’m not even talking about your 12-page Powerpoint presentation that you need to raise venture capital or to talk with potential biz dev partners. Usually in a tech / software startup 70-80% of your costs will be people. Each quarter you should review your model. This is where I spend most of my time.
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David Teten
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
So here’s the solution I have recommended to some of my portfolio companies: “ agile budgeting ”, i.e., monitoring a few key variables while giving managers significant flexibility. Sean Colrock, Director of Client Partnerships at Wiss & Company , suggests at a minimum you track: cash on hand; fume date; and burn rate.
Professor VC
APRIL 7, 2011
My partner in Menlo Incubator , Gary Kremen , and I had a recent debate on which one of us hates convertible debt more. Technically, the start-up is insolvent from the day they take the first dollar of investment. How Much Diligence is Due. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Thursday, April 7, 2011.
Professor VC
FEBRUARY 12, 2008
Of course, rigorous diligence is performed, the team is challenged, and assumptions are tested. Once the point is reached where you want to move ahead, we put the sales hat on and convince our partners about the incredible opportunity that we are lucky enough to be able to invest on the ground floor. How Much Diligence is Due.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 15, 2020
We reviewed the story of The Diary of Anne Frank and what she went through. 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. My partner, Martin, and I did just that.
Genuine VC
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
Venture capitalists have an information advantage – startups are required to be fully transparent about everything before a VC invests in it during weeks if not months of diligence, but prospective employees are limited to just a few questions they ask during a series of interviews with only a few people at the company.
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