{"id":6671,"date":"2023-01-04T00:18:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T18:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/?p=6671"},"modified":"2023-01-04T00:18:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T18:48:45","slug":"burn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/04\/burn\/","title":{"rendered":"burn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One part of my brain cannot comprehend seeing P&amp;L and cash flow-related stories of popular startups news like <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tech\/startups\/meesho-losses-surge-more-than-6x-to-rs-3247-crore-in-fy22-as-advertising-and-other-expenses-rise\/articleshow\/96706261.cms?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=update&amp;ncode=e595dc140e147cce57f5a899b15e50a67fe7b7702869d31733fe8b7f1fe84a0c6a49acaf85059d25d84091b84bb0072b76be922c6b6fa37d6d778cff176a1aadfbda3beea5b4d4f7119cf6d3def6771c\" target=\"_blank\">Meesho<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/entrackr.com\/2023\/01\/neobank-fi-spent-rs-271-cr-to-earn-rs-21-cr-in-fy22\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fi<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/inc42.com\/buzz\/snapdeals-loss-quadruples-to-inr-510-cr-in-fy22-sales-rise-14-to-inr-540-cr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Snapdeal<\/a> and dozen others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like their cash burn, why these companies exist, or if a bot had replaced the founders, companies might have burnt less cash. But the other side speaks another story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason startup exists is to build high-growth companies that attain market leadership, becomes defacto, and brings innovative technology play. The resource and technology required come at a price. What works and what does not in a short period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You have to fly or die quickly. It is like a race where everyone invests in repetitive winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The people putting money into these ideas are private players and AIFs. So even if all ideas fail, the country is not going into recession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most employees working in these companies are well paid; some bring their generation out of poverty by constructing houses, buying lands, or saving enough for higher studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In short, these startups are making dreams come true for some by employing them in all sectors, sizes, and classes, be it a white or blue color.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One part of my brain cannot comprehend seeing P&amp;L and cash flow-related stories of popular startups news like Meesho, Fi, Snapdeal and dozen others. Like their cash burn, why these companies exist, or if a bot had replaced the founders, companies might have burnt less cash. But the other side speaks another story. The reason &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/04\/burn\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;burn&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1432],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6672,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6671\/revisions\/6672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}