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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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It’s what signals to existing investors how quickly their teams need to be fund raising and the level of risk the company is facing and also it signals to potentially new investors both how quickly you need to raise (ie you have less leverage if you’re in a rush) as well as how much cash you’ll need if they fund you.

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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

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There is a second set of career discussions I have even more frequently than my “angel yourself” advice but this type is almost never discussed publicly in blogs, which tend to emphasize only billion-dollar opportunities, 20-something technical founders and Silicon Valley elitism. I saved my main point for last.

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7 Pitching Tips to Help You Crush Your Next Investor Meeting

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Truth be told, your only path to some serious funding is perseverance and diligence in getting meetings and being prepared. Try to compile all the different types of questions you could be asked about your business, like technical details, financial assumptions and projections, marketing, IP, etc., and prepare a response.

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

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Morgan Stanley then funded one of our competitors. VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. Had I delayed my fund raising in 99/00 by even 3-4 weeks I’m convinced I would not have raised any money at all. I’ve offered to fund an early stage company where I promised cash in bank in less than 30 days. Goldman said NFW.