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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. But what IS the right amount of burn for a company? 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 Let’s set up a framework.

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ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup

TechCrunch LA

The company is ServiceTitan, and its market… is air conditioners. Now following a $62 million round of funding led by Battery Ventures last month, the company is worth roughly $800 million, according to people with knowledge of the investment, and is on its way to becoming Los Angeles’ next billion-dollar business.

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Social Media Faking It – Cheaper Than You May Think, But Still Not Worth It

InfoChachkie

How much will social media fame cost you in 2014? As a bonus, you''ll also enjoy a robust number of Pinterest, Tumbler and Instagram followers and you''ll still have room in your budget for 250 comments on your blog and about 100,000 views on Vimeo. For instance, Yelp calls out establishments which attempt to manipulate their reviews.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. If you raise millions of dollars from professional investors it is no longer “your” company but a shared company that you control. Reviewing financial & operational performance.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Working at a big company is honorable and I don’t believe the narrative that all of this tech disruption is to kill off big companies. We checked safety.

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AOL Owned CrunchBase Pulls Plug on People+ Startup

Tech Zulu Event

For those just tuning into the events, we’ll provide you the long short of it in play by play fashion: AOL owned company, TechCrunch ( acquired in 2010 ), who operates CrunchBase lists their database as “the free database of technology companies, people, and investors that anyone can edit.”

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Xconomy Special Report: 12 San Diego Tech Startup to Watch in 2017

Xconomy

View the Slideshow A little more than a year ago, amid a resurgence in San Diego’s software sector, Xconomy identified a baker’s dozen of local tech companies to watch in 2016. The idea was to feature early stage companies in the region that have not attracted much attention or raised a substantial amount of startup capital.