From the monthly archives: August 2010

How to "visualize" the competition

By On August 21, 2010 · In Business Modeling, Startup

In a previous post, I mentioned how I am a big fan of Edward Tufte.  One of the best things coming out of the Tufte school of thought is that you should be able to visually represent complex systems on a single sheet of [...]

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How to model "cash runway" for your startup.

By On August 7, 2010 · In Business Modeling, Startup

Even before getting any funding, VCs always ask “how long will this money you are raising last?”  After funding, the question is still the same but phrased as “So, when is our cash out date?”  They are absolutely right to make this ”running out of [...]

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Some sense to startup frugality

By On August 1, 2010 · In regular

I am not a frugal individual.  I like to live well, spend money, buy expensive toys, and fly first class.  My money, my choice.  I always believed in what I once expressed to my friend Glenn Kelman in his early days at my first [...]

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