Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O.
by cthulha on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @03:08AM
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You'd need to know what the burn rate is composed of: their engineering organisation might be less expensive than the marketing budget in a single major market.
If they cut ad spend and raise costs, then their growth story stops and other competitors have a window to move.
The go-to reading (at least a few years ago) for handling the difficulties of burn rate at a high-growth company is 'Mastering the Rockefeller Habits' by Verne Harnish, the chapter on cashflow. I think 'The hard thing about hard things' also talks about how this situation can kill your company if you're unlucky or unprepared
If they cut ad spend and raise costs, then their growth story stops and other competitors have a window to move.
The go-to reading (at least a few years ago) for handling the difficulties of burn rate at a high-growth company is 'Mastering the Rockefeller Habits' by Verne Harnish, the chapter on cashflow. I think 'The hard thing about hard things' also talks about how this situation can kill your company if you're unlucky or unprepared