At age twenty-eight, Andy Dunn was at the top of his game. He had just graduated from Stanford's MBA programme and was well-versed in Silicon Valley's move quickly and break things mentality. From his Manhattan flat, he was creating a new kind of startup?a direct-to-consumer brand that was digitally native. Men's pants were being sold by Bonobos using an old-school method in a new-school way. Business was growing despite all odds. Dunn raised tens of millions of dollars while blurring the lines between work and personal life as he hustled to scale the startup. The diagnosis of bipolar disorder he received following a terrifying manic episode in college, which had pierced the beautiful surface of his midwestern childhood, tormented Dunn as he battled to keep the startup afloat. His diagnosis had been perceived by him as an unfathomable shame that--according to the taciturn codes of his fraternity, the business world, and even his family--should be locked away. As Dunn's business began to take off, however, some of the very traits that powered his success as a founder--relentless drive, confidence bordering on hubris, and ambition verging on delusion--were now threatening to undo him. A collision course was set in motion, and it would culminate in a night of mayhem--one poised to unravel all that he had built. Burn Rate is an unconventional entrepreneurial memoir, a parable for the twenty-first-century economy, and a revelatory look at the prevalence of mental illness in the startup community. With intimate prose, Andy Dunn fearlessly shines a light on the dark side of success and challenges us all to take part in the deepening conversation around creativity, performance, and disorder.