Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2020

Early stage burn rates over $50K per month, or a runway of less than six months may indicate an inefficient or desperate startup. How complex is the capitalization table? If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation.

Technical Review 436

Technical Review Due Diligence Sweat Equity Burn Rate 436

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Early stage burn rates over $50K per month, or a runway of less than six months may indicate an inefficient or desperate startup. How complex is the capitalization table? If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation.

Sweat Equity 207

Sweat Equity Burn Rate Technical Review Intellectual Property 207

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

Early stage burn rates over $50K per month, or a runway of less than six months may indicate an inefficient or desperate startup. How complex is the capitalization table? If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Burn Rate Technical Review Intellectual Property 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

Early stage burn rates over $50K per month, or a runway of less than six months may indicate an inefficient or desperate startup. How complex is the capitalization table? If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Due Diligence Sweat Equity Burn Rate 120

David Teten

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Enter Raul: This capital table startup options valuation model was created with the purpose of valuing options for an illiquid, early-stage start-up. For my start-up, I built a very robust operational and financial model with a detailed revenue build up and a validated cost structure.

Employee 155

Employee IRR Startup Mexico 155

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Wondering what a cap table is, its importance, and how you can maintain it to expand your business? What is a cap table? A cap table is also known as the capitalization table. This is a table that outlines the company’s capitalization. Let’s dive in.

Cap Table 112

Cap Table Pre-Money Valuation Stock Options Option Pool 112

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

A high performing, high-growth SAAS company that may have been worth 10 or more times revenue was suddenly worth 4-7 times revenue. The reason these terms can produce returns by themselves is that they set the stage for a rejiggering of the capitalization table at some point in the future.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40