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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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Let’s set up a framework. by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. There are many times when being overly capitalized before you’re ready is a negative.

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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

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At the time almost nobody had heard of the following funds: FirstRound Capital, TrueVentures, Floodgate and SoftTech. Having a great early investor provides downstream capital with a “signal” that you are a company worthy of being paid attention to even if you haven’t scaled your metrics.

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Human Capital: Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology

TechCrunch LA

Welcome back to Human Capital, where we explore some of the latest news in labor, diversity and inclusion in tech. Human Capital will soon be available as a weekly newsletter. In 2014 , open-source platform Drupal moved to replace “master/slave” with “primary/replica.” . TGIF, am I right?

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Simplifying Startup Investments: Ryan Feit (CEO) of SeedInvest

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2013 was a huge year for startup investing to say the least, and with how things have been shaping up in Q1 of 2014, things are going to get a whole lot crazier. The formation of SeedInvest was deeply rooted in Ryan’s background in venture capital and investment. Introducing SeedInvest. 116,105,000. Where SeedInvest Sprouted.

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