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Optimal Startup Burn Rate

Hive7′s own CEO & Physicist Max Skibinsky used the Kelly criterion to formulate the optimal startup burn rate.

Max’s math:
p = probability of success
b = payout odds per Kelly
F = funding
V = valuation
M = valuation multiplier on “win”
R = burn rate per time frame
T = time frame units to develop and prove

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