Custom Operating Model (1x)
Built in Google Sheets/Excel, tailored to your business, ARR drivers, hiring plan, and cost structure, to carry you until your first full-time Finance hire.
Custom SaaS Startup Financial Models
Ditch overly complex, generic templates. Get a professional model tailored for your startup, without the headache.
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OUR SERVICE
Don't pay $10K+ for a CFO firm that doesn't know what AI is. Or waste time wrestling with a generic excel template. The Essentials delivers exactly what early-stage founders need:
Built in Google Sheets/Excel, tailored to your business, ARR drivers, hiring plan, and cost structure, to carry you until your first full-time Finance hire.
Designed to need minimal upkeep, so you can focus on building your company, not debugging spreadsheets.
Easily input data from your bookkeeping software, ERP, CRM, data lake, or BI tools. Less time on data entry, more time on insights. Up to 5 input tabs.
Specific to your specific business drivers. Includes: 1x Bottoms-up ARR Waterfall Module (Pipeline/Capacity, PLG, or both), 1x Hiring Module, 1x P&L Tab, 1x Cash Forecast Module, 1x Custom
Standard visualizations for pitch decks, board materials, and investor updates.
Why Choose Us
See why founders choose us over off-the-shelf solutions and traditional alternatives.
| Our Custom Build | Legacy Excel templates | Fractional CFO firms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | < 2 weeks | 1 month | 1 month |
| Effort | Low | High | Medium |
| Usability | Simple yet powerful | Overly complex | Overly complex |
| Customization | Custom tailored | Generic | Custom tailored |
| Uses your tools | Custom data ingestion | No | Yes |
| Cost | $5k | Free | $10k + retainer |
| Understands startups | Yes | No | No |
I'm Kevin, and I've been on every side of the SaaS financing table. I started my career in investment banking at J.P. Morgan, learned how Wall Street values companies, and quickly realized I wanted to be on the other side.
I spent years leading finance at venture-backed SaaS startups, including at Yext through its IPO, and various startups from seed to Series B. I know how to avoid overengineering financial infrastructure, ensuring systems are powerful yet usable, so that founders are actually able to keep a pulse on what's going on.
Today, I'm an active VC with a portfolio of over 30 startups. I've seen hundreds of financial models, ranging from very good to huge red flags, and started this service because too many talented founders waste time wrestling with spreadsheets or wrangling old-school CFOs who don't understand today's tech.
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If you need more detailed data analytics, I'd recommend a FT hire!