runway
n.—Gloss: The time needed to launch a new business. «We’ll be trying to salvage, sell, merge the promising start-ups and dispensing with those requiring too much runway and capital to break even.» —“Maybe We Should Call Them Venture Pessimists” by Claire Cain Miller New York Times: Bits Jan. 28, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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