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John Gafford

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Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

Or that's what it is.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

So it's based on time.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

For those of you that are listeners that don't know those concepts, hopefully you all do.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

Burn rate is the amount of money that the business is going to go through in any given period, a month, a quarter, whatever it is, without making a nickel.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

If not one nickel comes in, this is just what it's going to cost to keep the lights on.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

And then runway is how much cash you have and how many months of that you have.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

Correct.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

We would call it the personal life moles or months of life in my buck is what I call it.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

But yeah, you need to understand that intimately and know because a lot of businesses don't make a dollar for a while.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

And how long can you go?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

And that's kind of the startup math is how long do I have before I run out of money?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

And what is the delta comparison between that and how long I think it's going to take to actually start getting sales?

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

Correct.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

And that is the math that is the make or break on any good startup.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

Exactly.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

And you already used that.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

Because you didn't know.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

I had no clue.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

All right.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building Discipline, Leadership, and Business Success – Leo Climaco

Because look, hey, man, we take our lumps in business and we learn and go forward.