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What is burn rate?

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Question added by Sadr ul Hoda , Head Of General Accounting , NASSER BIN KHALED AL-THANI AND SONS HOLDING COMPANY W.L.L.
Date Posted: 2014/01/23
Muhammad Kamran Yousaf
by Muhammad Kamran Yousaf , Cost Controlling Officer , Saudi Binladin Group (PBAD)

Burn rate is a synonymous term for negative cash flow. It is a measure for how fast a company will use up its shareholder capital. If the shareholder capital is exhausted, the company will either have to start making a profit, find additional funding, or close down.

Rashad Moursi
by Rashad Moursi , Finance Director & Business Development, International Business Transformer Owners Repr. - Hotels , Investment and financial

Venture capital funding in the beginning of the activity, its a measure of negative cash flow when cash flows dose not cover the operating expenses, the usual recourse to reduce the born rate which in most companies its means reduceing of the labor cost.

SYED FARAZ HASSAN
by SYED FARAZ HASSAN , Manager, Construction Finance , Emaar - Saudi Arabia

The rate at which a new company uses up its venture capital to finance overhead before generating positive cash flow from operations. In other words, it's a measure of negative cash flow.

Calculating a Company's Burn RateThe burn rate is determined by looking at the cash flow statement. Recall that the cash flows statement reports the change in the firm's cash position from one period to the next by accounting for the cash flows from operations, investment activities and financing activities.

Burn Rate = Total Cash Position Change/Specified Time Period

Syed Jalil Ahmad.
by Syed Jalil Ahmad. , Financial Controller , Mansour Al Mosaid Trading & Contracting Co

cash spend per month.It used usually for negative cash flow. It tell how fast a company uses its share holder capital

miss humayra khan
by miss humayra khan , Floor Manager, Crew Training Specialist, Health and Safety Coordinator , McDonald’s Franchise (Full time and part time )

Burn rate is usually the initial monthly investment of a company. It's also a measure of how long an organization can operate until it gets more financial support. 

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