Burn Rate

"...s have been debugging these systems for eons while we've had maybe 200 years of industrial capitalism and we're still figuring it out. Consider your burn rate. Every venture capitalist obsesses over it. "How many months of runway do you have?" they ask, as if they invented the question."

"Use it. In the next chapter, we'll dive deeper into metabolism - how organizations convert resources into value, why burn rate is biological, and why the companies that optimize purely for efficiency often die faster than the slightly wasteful ones."

"Chapter 2: Metabolism & Burn Rate The Biology of Burn Rate A hummingbird is two hours from death at any given moment. Not from predators. Not from disease. From starvation."

"...s? That's where it gets interesting. --- In Chapter 2, we explored metabolism - how organisms convert resources into energy and life. We saw that burn rate isn't just about speed; it's about efficiency, flexibility, and resilience. *Now we see where that metabolic energy goes: into growth."

"... Sensing Check: Do You Measure What Matters? Start by listing every metric your organization tracks. Sales, revenue, churn, NPS, daily active users, burn rate, market share, conversion rate, support tickets. Write them all down. Now ask: Which of these actually predict future performance? Most metrics are..."