# Starting A Company? The Key Terms You Should Know

**Author:** Dalton Caldwell
**Type:** Video
**URL:** https://www.ycombinator.com/library/Lk-starting-a-company-the-key-terms-you-should-know
**YouTube ID:** wH3TKpALlw4

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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, Group Partner Dalton Caldwell breaks down some of the most
common terminology that you’ll come across in the startup world.

