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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

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. I often see companies burning $100,000 per month (net) looking to raise $6-8 million.

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Pernix Therapeutics Slashes Staff to Shake Up Sales Strategy

Xconomy

In 2014, Pernix, then based in The Woodlands, TX, acquired San Diego-based Somaxon Pharmaceuticals. million in net revenue last year, its highest sales mark since becoming a public company in 2010, according to its annual report. But filings also show the company’s net losses widening each year since 2012. million net loss.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. ”).

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Business 2015 - Optimism, But Upgrade Your Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

A November 2014 report by Kiplinger asserts that economic momentum is back on track. Recent drops in gas prices are now extending to diesel and even home heating oil. This was led by a modest increase in the net percent of owners who plan to increase capital spending and more who expect higher sales in the next few months.

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Should Entrepreneurs Grow Revenue Or User Count?

Startup Professionals Musings

The purest form of capitalism has always meant charging a fair price and making a fair profit. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50 percent and a net margin in the 20 percent range. Martin Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 8/1/2014.

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500 Startups Presents Bitcoinference

Tech Zulu Event

In light of a less than savory PR landscape, I saw this event to be an important call to attention to the developements towards the Bitcoin industry for 2014, as well as geographically important gathering of minds and enthusiasts in the space. Setting Up 2014. The ultimate plan? Be the Bloomberg of Bitcoin. Bitcoin specific job boards.

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‘Do-It-Yourself’ Startups Have Never Been Easier

Startup Professionals Musings

Now the price is closer to $100 if you are willing to do the work yourself. Other popular tools are available at low cost, with built-in e-commerce capabilities (pay via credit card), including this Top Ten list for 2014. In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites, for example, cost a million dollars to set up.

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