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Taking the leap on valuation, strategic retreats (VC School), + more | E1510

This Week in Startups

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The Hardest Part of the Job Is to Tell Them, Why Aren't You Supporting Me?

The reserve capital in the fund is reserved for the break out hits. We don't, we can't indefinitely fund companies that are not growing. So do you think you might want to cut the burn to 50 k a month? Have 20 k in revenue, and then have a plan, so you're only burning 600 for the next year. You can go to your existing investors and say, hey, listen, if i can get 200 k and new money, would you put in 400 k? Here's how we're going to get the 20 k to 60 k. And now you got a credible story.

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