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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

Let’s set up a framework. In a world where the economy only heads in one direction (read: 2009-2014) most investors & entrepreneurs forget to pay attention to gross burn. In these kinds of businesses I’m on the record as advising “ Ring the Freakin Cash Register.” Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Valuation.

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Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application

TechEmpower

Often this situation is characterized as a “good problem to have” until you’re the technical person who needs to solve the problem—and quickly. Well, there are a number of technical reasons for applications suffering performance issues. Meanwhile, Amazon famously claimed 1% fewer sales for each additional 100ms of latency.

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