27 Feb’19

Do The Right Thing: Burning Cash Without Burning Out

| Posted in Blog | No comment

If you follow the headlines from Silicon Valley you might have encountered the stories reciting the chronic shortage in CFOs, particularly for late-stage VC backed startups who are looking to get ready for exit (IPO or acquisition).  I find these stories particularly troublesome, as one of the key assignments of a CFO in a startup […]

Full article here
17 Jul’14

Living in a Bubble? Demystifying Startup Valuations

| Posted in Blog | No comment

Just when it seemed as though start-up valuations had peaked in 2013, the year 2014 has started with an opening shot in the form of the reported $3.2 billion acquisition of Nest Labs by Google, followed with Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp. It now looks as if this year continues the perfect-storm conditions, which […]

Full article here