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Practical Excel workbooks for specific finance jobs. Each is built for Microsoft Excel, uses no macros, comes filled in for an invented sample company and is an instant download. Buy on Gumroad or Etsy, whichever you prefer.

Free 13-week cash template with weekly ending cash against a minimum cash buffer, sample numbers
Free · Cash planning

Free hardware 13-week cash template

Free

A free Excel template for seeing your cash low point weeks ahead, with rows for supplier deposits, capex and milestone payments that software templates skip.

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What's inside
  • Supplier deposits and capex by payment date
  • Milestone and government payments by collection date
  • Payroll on your pay calendar from a 10-person headcount list
  • Low-point week, buffer warning and covenant headroom
  • 17 built-in checks plus a master check
Hardware Runway Kit: 13-week ending cash chart showing a low point, sample numbers
Cash and runway · Board reporting

Hardware Runway Kit

$59

A 15-tab Excel model for hardware startups: 13-week cash, a 36-month runway, payroll and headcount, financing options and a one-page board cash view.

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Gumroad orders include the bonus Runway Kit AI Prompt Pack.

What's inside
  • 13-week cash with paydays, buffer and the low-point week
  • 36-month runway with covenant flags, a monthly P&L view and burn multiple
  • 60-row headcount plan and payroll on your real pay calendar
  • Revenue, opex and capex by payment date, including supplier deposits
  • Financing: equity, venture debt, equipment loan, AR revolver, grants and prepayments
  • Base, Downside and Upside scenarios, a board cash page and lender sequencing
  • 32 checks rolled into one master check
SBIR/STTR Proposal Summary with fringe, overhead and G&A rates, award caps and work share, sample numbers
Grant and government funding

SBIR/STTR Cost and Rate Builder

$29

Build an SBIR or STTR proposal budget from your own company numbers: fringe, overhead and G&A rates, costs by period and phase, fee, award-cap and work-share checks.

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Agency rules change over time, so confirm caps and limits in your current solicitation.

What's inside
  • Start Here with key terms in plain English
  • Inputs for program, budget periods, award caps, fee and work-share minimums
  • Direct labor roster and other direct costs by period
  • Indirect rates from your company budget, with an override for negotiated rates
  • Budget by period and phase, plus a one-page Proposal Summary
  • 31 checks rolled into one master check
Unit economics summary with cost per unit at five volume tiers and blended breakeven, sample numbers
Unit economics and pricing

Hardware Unit Economics and BOM Model

$29

Know what one unit really costs and what each sale leaves you: landed cost at five volume tiers, margins by sales channel and breakeven units on tooling.

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Breakeven covers one-time costs only, not salaries, rent or other fixed costs.

What's inside
  • 40-row multi-level bill of materials with price breaks, MOQs and yield
  • NRE and tooling costs spread per unit
  • Landed and fully loaded cost per unit at five volume tiers
  • Gross and contribution margin by channel, plus breakeven units
  • Price sensitivity and a one-page summary
  • 29 checks rolled into one master check

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