R&D

Definitions

1. Short for research and development, covering work aimed at creating new technology, products, or capabilities rather than only maintaining current operations. In startups, R&D spending is often a key part of the innovation story told to investors.

   In plain English: Research and development work focused on creating new products or capabilities.

   Example: "The company defended higher burn by showing that most of it was going into R&D, not overhead."

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