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5 Keys To A Viable Spending Rate And Cash Management

Startup Professionals Musings

Count on six months from beginning the funding process until a new check is cashed. Always add 20 percent to your best estimate of funding requirements when approaching investors. As a rule of thumb, your monthly burn rate should be less than 10 percent of your last funding raise or starting cash in the bank. Martin Zwilling

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5 Ways To Conserve Investor Cash And Ensure Survival

Startup Professionals Musings

Count on six months from beginning the funding process until a new check is cashed. Always add 20 percent to your best estimate of funding requirements when approaching investors. As a rule of thumb, your monthly burn rate should be less than 10 percent of your last funding raise or starting cash in the bank. Martin Zwilling.

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5 Keys To Minimizing The Burn Rate For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Count on six months from beginning the funding process until a new check is cashed. Always add 20 percent to your best estimate of funding requirements when approaching investors. As a rule of thumb, your monthly burn rate should be less than 10 percent of your last funding raise or starting cash in the bank. Martin Zwilling.

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5 Steps To Maximizing Your Startup Cash Flow Runway

Startup Professionals Musings

Count on six months from beginning the funding process until a new check is cashed. Always add 20 percent to your best estimate of funding requirements when approaching investors. As a rule of thumb, your monthly burn rate should be less than 10 percent of your last funding raise or starting cash in the bank. Martin Zwilling.

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Investors Measure Entrepreneurs By Cashflow Mileage

Startup Professionals Musings

Count on six months from beginning the funding process until a new check is cashed. Always add 20 percent to your best estimate of funding requirements when approaching investors. As a rule of thumb, your monthly burn rate should be less than 10 percent of your last funding raise or starting cash in the bank.

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Stealth Mode Entrepreneurs Only Increase the Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

I believe stealth makes sense for large companies who can be sued for “pre-announcing” a new product to stall the market or kill a competitor. It also makes legal sense to never disclose the details of your patent application, before the product is ready to ship. Deliver minimum product and iterate. Tune your website.

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7 Reasons For Your Startup to Skip Stealth Mode

Startup Professionals Musings

I believe stealth makes sense for large companies who can be sued for “pre-announcing” a new product to stall the market or kill a competitor. It also makes legal sense to never disclose the details of your patent application, before the product is ready to ship. Deliver minimum product and iterate. Tune your website.

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