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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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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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Business 2015 - Optimism, But Upgrade Your Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

A November 2014 report by Kiplinger asserts that economic momentum is back on track. Less than half indicated they had a strategy in place during the recession, or to guide growth during the coming recovery period. This should be core for you. and is working its way back to pre-recession levels.

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Public Company Executives Rarely Adapt To A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses. At a small company, if you''re constantly demanding more support, you risk turning your net impact into overhead-creep rather than value creation. Well defined and well documented processes don’t exist to guide you.

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7 Failures of Corporate Executives as Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses. At a small company, if you're constantly demanding more support, you risk turning your net impact into overhead-creep rather than value creation. Well defined and well documented processes don’t exist to guide you.

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7 Reasons Big-Company Executives Fail in a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses. At a small company, if you're constantly demanding more support, you risk turning your net impact into overhead creep rather than value creation. Well defined and well documented processes don’t exist to guide you.

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Big-Company Executives Rarely Survive in a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Similarly, acquiring a larger footprint of direct reports is often a sign of success at large businesses. At a small company, if you're constantly demanding more support, you risk turning your net impact into overhead creep rather than value creation. Well defined and well documented processes don’t exist to guide you.

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

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and are guiding LA 2.0. But our best Internet software engineers have historically been exported on a net basis to the Bay Area. But Is This Really That Surprising? Isn’t the Overall Market Just Booming Now? . ”).