Marc Andreesen, the cofounder of Netscape, Opsware, and Ning has today’s great post up titled The truth about venture capitalists, Part 1. Marc started blogging recently and while his posts are essay style ones, they are fun, interesting, and full of good juicy meat. There are a few factual inaccuracies (e.g. that VC funds are […]
About now you are probably saying, “Okay, you’ve written some helpful posts (at least we hope you think they have been helpful) on compensation, but show me the money! What are some real life compensation numbers?” We hate compensation surveys. We hate average compensations ranges. We hate industry data. Butwe know you want it (since […]
Q: When performing diligence on a new investment I will dig through management’s projections. Even though I am a finance guy I try to understand the costs associated with the software development. Probably needless to say, I have been burned by cost overruns quite a few times. The Companies burn through our cash on development […]
Will Price from Hummer Winblad has today’s great VC post up titled Decision Making and the Venture Capital Process. I’m certain that every entrepreneur that has ever raised money from a VC has experienced this phenomenon.
Q: I’m involved in a start up where we’ve made a lot of progress. We’re currently in our coding stage but there are a lot of undefined areas as far as usability and layout are concerned. A few of the team members strongly believe its necessary to get professional help from experienced designers on usability […]
Q: What is the typical and expected burn rate of the funds raised from a seed round before proceeding with the Series A round? I know this time-frame will vary from case to case, obviously, but with a typical internet start-up, is there an average or expected burn rate of the seed round funds before […]
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