What is this equation used to come up with a starting value for the scale parameter of a Weibull distribution?

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$\frac{-1}{\ln{(1-\frac{1}{\mu + 1})}}$

Where $\mu$ is the mean value of a random variable.

The author of this equation is using it to calculate an initial value for the scale variable in a Weibull distribution

I'm wondering what this equation is and why you would use it.

The equation is presented in cell 5 of this notebook.