Share-Based Compensation (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016
Options [Member]
Expected term	6 years	6 years	6 years
Expected volatility	72.00%	73.00%	76.00%
Expected dividends	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Risk-free rate	2.00%	1.00%	2.00%
Market Based Stock Options [Member]
Expected term	10 years
Expected volatility	67.00%
Risk-free rate	2.40%
Cost of equity	15.70%
Non-Employee Stock Options [Member]
Expected term	6 years	5 years	0 years
Expected volatility	69.00%	73.00%	0.00%
Expected dividends	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Risk-free rate	2.00%	2.00%	0.00%

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Expected term of share-based compensation awards, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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