Category: Runway & Burn

Is my startup default alive, or is it quietly default dead? That question sounds dramatic. But it has a precise, ten-minute answer. Default alive means your growth rate and cash will carry you to profitability before the money runs out....

Ask an investor how efficiently your company is growing and they might mention your SaaS burn multiple. It sounds complicated, but underneath it’s a single ratio comparing your cash spend against each fresh dollar of recurring revenue you add. A...

Layoffs are the option founders reach for first because they’re fast and they feel decisive. They’re also usually the most damaging way to extend runway, since you lose institutional knowledge and momentum right when you need both. If you’re trying...

A 13-week cash flow forecast sounds like something only a big company’s finance team would build. It isn’t. It’s a straightforward tool, and once you’ve built one yourself, you’ll never go back to guessing. This is the exact method I...

If you’ve ever tried to calculate startup runway by staring at your bank balance and doing rough math in your head, you already know the problem: it doesn’t give you a real answer. It gives you a guess dressed up...