The Founder's Burn Rate Audit
5 ways your burn calculation is lying to you. The most quoted number in your company, and what most founders miss.
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The five errors hiding in your burn rate
Burn is the number your board asks about first and the number you use to decide when to hire and when to fundraise. Most founders calculate it wrong. These are the five errors that make burn look cleaner, or runway look longer, than reality.
1
Bank Balance Burn
Subtracting last month's bank balance from this month's
2
Gross vs. Net Confusion
Quoting one number while modeling with the other
3
The Annual Prepay Distortion
Booking a yearly bill in the month it is paid
4
Founder Salary Games
Leaving your own comp out of the math
5
The Historical Burn Trap
Projecting runway from a past that will not repeat
See it against your own burn.
The guide is the audit. A 15-minute call runs it on your actual books, so you see which of the five errors is in your number today.
We'll pull your real burn: gross, net, and runway, side by side.
You'll see where timing, prepays, or comp are distorting it.
No deck, no pitch. Just a working session on your numbers.
Free. No sales pitch.
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The guide is the audit. A 15-minute call runs it on your actual books, so you see which of the five errors is in your number today.
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