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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. 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.

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How Do YOU Think the Internet Will Evolve? A Sampling of Your Tweets

Xconomy

Join Xconomy and World Frontiers Forum on July 16 for Net@50 , an event exploring the internet’s past and future. ] For my feature article “ Special Report 2069: Predicting the Internet’s Next 50 Years ,” I asked my Twitter followers to share their own predictions.

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10 Qualities That Will Make You Stand Out In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out. Everyone looks for “rapport talk” rather than “report talk.” Have impeccable manners and flair. Have a big bandwidth.

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

Both Sides of the Table

In one year of Airbnb Tracy netted more than $28,000. So Tracy began keeping a blog about … (what else?) She became an authority on the topic and her blog helped her to both elevate her status in her industry as well as to bring great link juice to her website and improve her SEO. So her wedding story had a happy ending.

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Pernix Therapeutics Slashes Staff to Shake Up Sales Strategy

Xconomy

As of the end of 2015, Pernix reported a headcount of 274. 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. Last year, Pernix reported a $148.3

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10 Entrepreneur Attributes That Will Make You A Star

Startup Professionals Musings

In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out. Everyone looks for “rapport talk” rather than “report talk.” Have impeccable manners and flair. Have a big bandwidth.

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LabCorp Boosts Prenatal Testing Presence with $371M Sequenom Deal

Xconomy

LabCorp will also assume net debt of San Diego-based Sequenom (NASDAQ: SQNM ), bringing the value of the cash deal to approximately $371 million. LabCorp reported $8.5 Despite the fanfare of Sequenom’s MaterniT21, the company has had financial struggles and its earnings reports show a history of losses. million.