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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
But what IS the right amount of burn for a company? Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month. Let’s set up a framework.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 30, 2021
This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Amazon's initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted. Very rare case.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 9, 2012
This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Amazon's initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted. Very rare case.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 12, 2019
This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Amazon's initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted. Very rare case.
InfoChachkie
MARCH 16, 2010
However, in many cases, acquiring companies behave in a less rational manner than Mr. Jackson. Citrix politely approached us, told us they had an interest in acquiring our company and then asked us, “How much?”. Our response was that there was no “price” as our company was not for sale. We were not rude nor indignant.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 5, 2010
Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. Felipe grew up in Brazil.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 6, 2013
This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. In 2005, Facebook still showed a yearly net loss of $3.63 Amazon''s initial business plan was unusual: the company did not expect a profit for four to five years; the strategy was actually more effective than his business plan predicted.
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