Burn rate, MVP, TAM — if you’re interested in tech and startups, you probably hear terms like these regularly. But what do they really mean? In this episode of Startup School, Managing Partner Dalton Caldwell breaks down some of the most common terminology that you’ll come across in the startup world.
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Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) –
00:00 – Intro
00:30 – MVP
01:05 – VCs and Angels
03:20 – Profit and Burn
05:31 – Seed and Series A, B, C…
07:39 – PMF and Bootstrap
10:26 – Convertible Note and Equity
12:35 – TAM and Valuation
15:16 – IPO and ARR
17:40 – Outro








Thank you make some more videos like this knowledgeable.
This video covered so many important startup terms, but I found the product-market fit section especially insightful. It’s one of those topics that can be a bit of an enigma, but the way you broke it down is great!
Wouldn’t the burn rate be $900,000 and not $100,000? You’ve essentially burned through 900,000 dollars in a month is how my brain processed his explanation.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us complete beginners .as a high school student This is gonna help me so much.
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