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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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There are many times when being overly capitalized before you’re ready is a negative. Plus, most early-stage M&A fails so this isn’t likely a good use of capital for a young company). Availability of Capital. In these kinds of businesses I’m on the record as advising “ Ring the Freakin Cash Register.”

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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

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” The punch line from this post was “angel yourself.” ” My friend Ian Sigelow wrote about this last week and advised people not to take on this kind of job. Maybe they were in their 20s in 2002 when being a startup CEO wasn’t really available to most?