Chris Dixon has an intriguing blog post titled “Timing Your Startup” which ends with the following quote:One way to mitigate timing risk is to manage your cash accordingly. If you are trying to ride existing trends you should ramp up aggressively. If you are betting on emerging trends it is better to keep your burn low and runway long. This takes discipline and patience but is also the way you hit it really big.I generally subscribe to the same theory. But I have recently heard some people I ...

Chris Dixon has an intriguing blog post titled “Timing Your Startup” which ends with the following quote:One way to mitigate timing risk is to manage your cash accordingly. If you are trying to ride existing trends you should ramp up aggressively. If you are betting on emerging trends it is better to keep your burn low and runway long. This takes discipline and patience but is also the way you hit it really big.I generally subscribe to the same theory. But I have recently heard some people I ...