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You're early-stage and bootstrapped. Burn rate is rising. What’s burning your cash fastest?

16 VC Terms I’m Learning to Become Sniper . Not a VC (yet), but I’m obsessed with how they think. TAM – Size of the $$ opportunity CAC – Cost to get a user LTV – Money a user brings over time Runway – Months till cash runs out Burn Rate – Monthly

🚨 Critical Startup Metrics VCs look for ➨ When securing venture capital, 4 key metrics are essential at EVERY stage of a startup's growth: • Revenue • Net Burn Rate • Full-time Employee Headcount • Gross Margin ➨ Cash is king in early stages but

Are people really willing to join startups in early stages?

I keep seeing bullshit ideas which don't deliver any value yet want funding to spend on marketing and burn money without any profitability plan. How many of you still think profitability takes a back seat in early stages of a Startup?

Raising millions won’t fix a broken business model. Plenty of startups burn through cash chasing growth, thinking more funding will solve their problems. But if the fundamentals aren’t strong - bad unit economics, no real demand, weak execution - VC

90% of startups fail — but not because of bad ideas. They fail because they: Don’t talk to users Build too much, too early Run out of cash Solve a real problem, stay lean, and keep listening. #StartupTips #Entrepreneurship

What are the major mistakes that startups and businesses make in their early stages?

Cash Burn Nahi, Dimaag Burn Hai! Kunal Bahl’s Startup Gyaan Hits Hard Kunal Bahl, the Snapdeal wala shark, basically said Cash burn is not the villain if you’re not a total idiot throwing money at stupid stuff. Startup life mein paisa jalana is fine

Insaneeeee! 99% of Indian-founders think VCs are cash-rich In reality, It's not. For those who aren't well aware about- Startups raise from VC VC raises from L.P'S & L.P's do the business 🔁Repeat VCs are not cash-rich. I had a line that struck