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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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But what IS the right amount of burn for a company? Let’s set up a framework. 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 I often see companies burning $100,000 per month (net) looking to raise $6-8 million.

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How to Handle a VC Presentation with No Deck

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Bijan Sabet – investor & board member in some small companies you might have heard of like Twitter, Tumblr, Boxee & OMGPOP – took issue with the whole notion that you even need a Powerpoint deck anymore. First, if it’s an early stage company, I don’t need to see a powerpoint deck. I funded them 8 weeks later.

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Tech Giants’ Partnership To Explore Ethics, Societal Impacts of AI

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Each company is investing untold billions of dollars in developing AI technologies, betting on a future defined by computer systems that can perceive, reason, advise, and decide. He does see the opportunity for some broadly applicable frameworks though. As the technology has advanced, so has the competitive landscape.