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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. 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 Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month. I often see companies burning $100,000 per month (net) looking to raise $6-8 million.

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What is the Definition of a Seed Round or an A Round?

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So VCs started writing some smaller A-rounds. I have come to realize that since the great tech boom started in 2009 and given the massive increase in first-time angels, first-time seed funds, first-time accelerators … there market is just filled with well-intentioned terrible advice. and there''s always a but].

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Interview with Al Eisaian, IconApps

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We built that and put it on the App Store on December 24 of 2009. As of the last four months, we've had about 200,000 plus downloads, a bunch of great write ups, and a lot of mom bloggers who have been reviewing the app and writing stories on it. All of 2009 was figuring out what people want.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. Crazy, huh?

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5 Reasons Why Businesses Still Love Microsoft

Tech Zulu Event

And 450 million licenses of Windows 7 were sold since its launch in 2009, making it the fastest-growing operating system ever, and showing us that Windows is going to keep controlling the OS market share. Credit for the writing and research of this article and content goes to Zack Schuler of Cal Net Technology Group, Founder & CEO.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

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But when I’m looking to write my check I need to look in the eyes of the captain — the maestro who brings the whole orchestra together. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. In the book they profile how VC worked in the early days (60s / 70s).

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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

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It was recommended to me by my friend, Net Jacobsson , who was trying to do some basic Life Hacking. But Net had told me that he picked up some valuable lessons from the book, so I thought, “WTF? Want to take a year pursuing your dream to write a screenplay, travel through Asia, run a triathlon or start your own fashion line?

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