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Cash forecast and runway

Kitebase cut burn by 28 percent

Kitebase cut burn by 28 percent

Kitebase cut burn by 28 percent

A line-by-line spend review and a new vendor calendar took $41k a month out of burn without touching headcount.

$146k

$146k

$146k

→

→

$105k

$105k

$105k

Monthly burn

Client

Kitebase

Stage

Seed, 18 people

Service

Cash forecast and runway

Duration

3 months

01 Challenge

Burn had crept up quarter after quarter with no single cause. Nobody owned vendor spend and renewals arrived as surprises.

Burn had crept up quarter after quarter with no single cause. Nobody owned vendor spend and renewals arrived as surprises.

Burn had crept up quarter after quarter with no single cause. Nobody owned vendor spend and renewals arrived as surprises.

02 Approach

We categorised twelve months of spend, built a renewal calendar, renegotiated four contracts and set spend limits by team.

We categorised twelve months of spend, built a renewal calendar, renegotiated four contracts and set spend limits by team.

We categorised twelve months of spend, built a renewal calendar, renegotiated four contracts and set spend limits by team.

03 Result

Monthly burn dropped 28 percent in one quarter. Runway extended by five months with no layoffs.

Monthly burn dropped 28 percent in one quarter. Runway extended by five months with no layoffs.

Monthly burn dropped 28 percent in one quarter. Runway extended by five months with no layoffs.

Next step / 20 minutes, no deck

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Bring last month's bank balance. We'll send back the date the cash runs out and one decision to change it.

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