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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

Gross margin (GM) is the amount of profit you make per sale of your product or service taking into account your total costs of selling that product or service. If you have a very low gross margin (10-30%) it can be very hard to build a large, scalable business because you need to make a lot of sales to cover your operating costs.

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7 Pitching Tips to Help You Crush Your Next Investor Meeting

Tech.Co

I’ve had many startup founders tell me that their startup literally has no competition,” said Frank Gruber, Cofounder of Tech.Co, Startup of the Year , and Established. “In What startup teams don’t realize is that having competition is good. I would advise trying not to get into an argument with an investor. Less Is More.

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

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VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. Don’t over shop – If the deal you’re involved with involves raising venture capital or selling your company you naturally want some competition. If it’s a biz deal you might care about IP protection, revenue share, investment commitments to joint marketing – whatever. Any deal.