Book · 2023 · Business & Economics
Burn Rate
Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind
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It is very rare to read a book by anyone that's as honest and reflective and raw as this one is.
What they say about it
- Praise for honesty“very open and honest”2
The best things said about it
One of my favorite books that I've read recently was Burn Rate.
This book is intense, it is super deep and he's very open and honest about his experience living with bipolar one disorder.
And so the book is the product of having a really good therapist to like unpack my life with and rebuild myself with you know coming out of this um second manic episode hospitalization 2016.
Why people recommend it
Burn Rate by Andy Dunn is a memoir and business book by the Bonobos founder detailing his journey building a startup while living with bipolar one disorder and experiencing severe mental health crises. The book was prominently featured and recommended on This Week in Startups. Molly Wood expressed high praise for the work, calling it one of her favorite recent reads and commending the author for writing a remarkably honest, raw, and reflective book about the realities of mental illness and leadership. During an interview episode, the host and Andy Dunn discussed the intense nature of the book, which was shaped by extensive therapy following Dunn's second manic episode and subsequent hospitalization in 2016. Dunn explained that the book serves as a way to rebuild himself and unpack his life experiences, including the immense pressures of entrepreneurship. They discussed specific leadership mistakes and challenges highlighted in the book, such as attempting to scale a software company out of a pants company and enduring a terrifying recurrence of mental health struggles during tense acquisition negotiations with Walmart just weeks before his wedding. The host closed the segment by praising Dunn's vulnerability and strongly encouraging all listeners to read the book to take away crucial support and lessons regarding CEO mental health and founder well-being.
Every mention
Molly Wood because one of my favorite books that i've read recently was burn rate um and the founder came on our podca… 1
“because one of my favorite books that i've read recently was burn rate um and the founder came on our podcast he the author is andy dunn the founder of i think it's pronounced pronounced bonobos”
Andy Dunn and so the book is the product of having a really good therapist to like unpack my life with and rebuild my… 2
“and so the book is the product of having a really good therapist to like unpack my life with and rebuild myself with you know coming out of this um second manic episode hospitalization 2016”
“so like we were under loi we were negotiating terms it was six weeks before my wedding and um had a had a terrifying recurrence that i talked about in the book not as bad as the previous year's hospitalization”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker4
“and earlier this month he published a book titled burn rate launching a startup and losing my mind this book is intense it is super deep and he's very open and honest about his experience living with bipolar one disorder”
“i feel like everybody probably starts with the same question or some version of the same question because it is very rare to read a book by anyone that's as honest and reflective and raw as this one is”
“it also sounds like you're describing and you do describe in the book some mistakes you feel like you made as a leader because of what was happening in your brain and you mentioned for example trying to build a software company out of a pants company”
“andy thank you so much for coming on i hope everybody reads the book and takes support and lesson and and from it and wants to give you a hug or get a hug whatever whatever”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“i'm selling this book i need to tell the real story because the real story is so much more interesting and nuanced and textured and i hope ultimately more powerful and more redemptive and more inspiring for people on their own journeys with this stuff”