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David Sacks

Entrepreneur, author, and investor

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About David Sacks

David Oliver Sacks is an entrepreneur, author, and investor in internet technology firms. He is a general partner of Craft Ventures, a venture capital fund he co-founded in late 2017. Previously, Sacks was the founding COO and product leader of PayPal and founder/CEO of Yammer.

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Burn Multiple

Burn Multiple is a capital efficiency metric that measures how many dollars a startup burns (spends) to generate each dollar of net new Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). Calculated as Net Burn divided by Net New ARR, this metric evaluates the cost-effectiveness of revenue growth. A higher Burn Multiple indicates the company is spending more capital per dollar of growth, while a lower Burn Multiple indicates more efficient, capital-efficient growth.