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Extend Runway Before Cash Gets Tight
Also useful for: people in Founders
120 min
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Budgeting
Get Organized Financially
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Convert a static cash balance into a weekly decision system that shows when to protect cash, cut commitments, or secure more funding.
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Use this when
Your cash balance looks healthy today, but burn is changing, forecasts rely on uncertain revenue, or the next funding decision lacks a firm deadline.
You'll need
- Cash snapshot date
- Unrestricted cash
- Minimum operating reserve
- Weekly cash plan
- Known obligations
- Receivables and inflows
- Spending levers
- Fundraising timing
- Decision posture
You'll get
- Unrestricted cash reconciled against restrictions and near-term obligations
- A weekly cash schedule extending through the likely reserve-breach period
- Baseline, downside, and severe reserve-breach dates documented
- Material assumptions labeled by confidence and cash impact
- Spending triggers matched to named actions and decision owners
- The latest safe fundraising start date calculated
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- Unrestricted cash reconciled against restrictions and near-term obligations
- A weekly cash schedule extending through the likely reserve-breach period
- Baseline, downside, and severe reserve-breach dates documented
- Material assumptions labeled by confidence and cash impact
- Spending triggers matched to named actions and decision owners
- The latest safe fundraising start date calculated
Sample
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Sample input
Snapshot date: September 25, 2026 Unrestricted cash: 920000 Minimum reserve: 200000 Recurring weekly inflows: 55000 Recurring weekly outflows: 130000 One-time payments: 50000 in week 3 and 40000 in week 5 Other obligations: 80000 in payroll taxes and 60000 due to a vendor Receipts: 70000 approved and due October 9; 180000 dependent on customer acceptance Spending options: pause 25000 per month in acquisition, delay a 40000 contractor project, and remove 12000 per month in software Fundraising process: 24 weeks including preparation and buffer Decision posture: Balance survival and growth
Sample assembled prompt
RUNWAY CALL Reconciled usable cash: 780000... Operating floor: 200000. Baseline reserve breach: week of November... Downside reserve breach: week of November... Severe reserve breach: week of October... Critical assumption: The 180000 enterprise receipt... Trigger status: Reduce. Immediate moves: 1. Pause the lowest-performing acquisition spend this... 2. Renegotiate the vendor payment before... 3. Request a bridge decision from... Fundraising conclusion: The latest safe start... A shorter bridge, faster revenue collection,... Next review: October 2, 2026.