MONEY.
A slow, chapter-length rendering of the Money category from The Journey - Cash flow is not accounting. It is the rhythm of staying alive.
Money is the subject founders think about most and understand least. Not because it is complicated - it is not. But because it requires you to face the truth about your business without flinching. This chapter covers everything from runway to raising, from burn rate to building something that generates more than it takes.
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- Read · 01
Understanding Runway
Runway is not a number on a spreadsheet. It is the number of honest decisions you have left before the business changes shape.
10 min readintermediate - Read · 02
Understanding Burn
Burn rate is not a scary number. It is the pace at which you are spending the resource you cannot get back. Read it well, and it tells you everything.
9 min readintermediate - Read · 03
Knowing When You Are Profitable
Profit is not a number on a tax form. It is the evidence that your business can sustain itself without new money coming in.
8 min readintermediate
- Guide · 01
Raising Money
Raising money is not the goal. It is a tool. The founders who raise well are the ones who know exactly what they are buying with the money and what it costs.
12 min readadvanced - Guide · 02
Setting Prices
Pricing is the sentence you write about your work. Write it well, and the right customers agree with you. Write it poorly, and the wrong ones do.
10 min readintermediate
- Story
The Six-Month Runway
What happened when she discovered she had less runway than she thought, and the three moves that saved the business.
10 minBusiness survived, 18 months later profitable - Story
The Raise That Wasn't
The investor meeting that taught him more about his business than six months of bootstrapping.
9 min
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