Example
“Our due diligence found the churn numbers were misreported.”
Dictionary details
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Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
pay your dues
Neutral · CEFR C1
to endure hard, unglamorous work early on as the price of later success
burn rate
Neutral · CEFR B2
the speed at which a company spends its cash reserves, usually measured per month
runway
Neutral · CEFR B2
the amount of time a company can keep operating before its money runs out
bridge round
Neutral · CEFR C1
short-term financing that keeps a company afloat until a larger funding round closes
default alive
Neutral · CEFR C1
describing a startup whose normal growth will make it profitable without needing more funding
down round
Neutral · CEFR C1
a funding round in which a company raises money at a lower valuation than the previous round
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