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SaaS Chart of Accounts Template
A SaaS chart of accounts template that organizes recurring revenue, COGS, cloud and AI compute costs, payroll, R&D, and G&A for clean SaaS reporting.
SaaS Finance Readiness Checklist
A checklist to assess whether your books, SaaS metrics, runway model, and board reporting are ready for investors, lenders, and serious operating decisions.
SaaS Runway Calculator: How to Calculate Cash Runway
How to calculate cash runway for a SaaS startup: the formula, gross burn vs net burn, a worked example, how much to hold by stage, and when to raise.
What Is a Fractional CFO for a SaaS Startup?
A practical guide to what a fractional CFO does for a SaaS startup, when to hire one, what they should own, and how they differ from a controller.
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SaaS Chart of Accounts Template
A SaaS chart of accounts template that organizes recurring revenue, COGS, cloud and AI compute costs, payroll, R&D, and G&A for clean SaaS reporting.
SaaS Finance Readiness Checklist
A checklist to assess whether your books, SaaS metrics, runway model, and board reporting are ready for investors, lenders, and serious operating decisions.
SaaS Runway Calculator: How to Calculate Cash Runway
How to calculate cash runway for a SaaS startup: the formula, gross burn vs net burn, a worked example, how much to hold by stage, and when to raise.
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AI Company Finance
AI Startup Gross Margin Benchmarks and the Compute Ceiling
AI startup gross margin benchmarks for 2026, how much of revenue compute takes at $1M to $7M ARR, and the margin ceiling it sets before any other cost.
AI Compute Costs: A Finance Guide for Founders
A finance guide for AI founders on modeling GPU, inference, and cloud compute costs so gross margin, pricing, and runway stay under control as usage scales.
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SaaS Metrics
ARR vs MRR: How to Calculate and Reconcile Both
ARR vs MRR: how to calculate each, what does not belong in ARR, and how to reconcile the ARR in your board deck to your billing system and ledger.
Burn Multiple Calculator: Formula, Benchmarks, and Your ARR
Burn multiple calculator and guide: the formula, David Sacks's grading, a16z benchmarks by stage, and whether your reported ARR flatters the number.
SaaS Gross Margin Benchmarks: What Good Looks Like
SaaS gross margin benchmarks for 2026, why the published band is stricter than the number in your books, and how to recompute yours on the same basis.
Topic
SaaS CFO
When to Hire a Fractional CFO: Count Backwards, Not ARR
Stop waiting for an ARR threshold. Count backwards from your raise: 9 months before a seed close, 12 before a Series A, and 3 more if the books need work.
SaaS Runway Calculator: How to Calculate Cash Runway
How to calculate cash runway for a SaaS startup: the formula, gross burn vs net burn, a worked example, how much to hold by stage, and when to raise.
What Is a Fractional CFO for a SaaS Startup?
A practical guide to what a fractional CFO does for a SaaS startup, when to hire one, what they should own, and how they differ from a controller.
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Controller Services
Bookkeeper vs Controller vs CFO: Which Does SaaS Need?
Bookkeeper vs controller vs CFO for SaaS founders: what each role owns, what each costs, what breaks when you skip a layer, and which one to hire first.
Controller vs CFO: What Does Your SaaS Company Need?
A practical comparison of controller vs CFO services for SaaS founders, including what each role owns, cost ranges, when to hire which, and a real example.
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SaaS Accounting
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Fundraising Readiness
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AI Startup Gross Margin Benchmarks and the Compute Ceiling
AI startup gross margin benchmarks for 2026, how much of revenue compute takes at $1M to $7M ARR, and the margin ceiling it sets before any other cost.
ARR vs MRR: How to Calculate and Reconcile Both
ARR vs MRR: how to calculate each, what does not belong in ARR, and how to reconcile the ARR in your board deck to your billing system and ledger.
Burn Multiple Calculator: Formula, Benchmarks, and Your ARR
Burn multiple calculator and guide: the formula, David Sacks's grading, a16z benchmarks by stage, and whether your reported ARR flatters the number.
SaaS Gross Margin Benchmarks: What Good Looks Like
SaaS gross margin benchmarks for 2026, why the published band is stricter than the number in your books, and how to recompute yours on the same basis.
When to Hire a Fractional CFO: Count Backwards, Not ARR
Stop waiting for an ARR threshold. Count backwards from your raise: 9 months before a seed close, 12 before a Series A, and 3 more if the books need work.
Bookkeeper vs Controller vs CFO: Which Does SaaS Need?
Bookkeeper vs controller vs CFO for SaaS founders: what each role owns, what each costs, what breaks when you skip a layer, and which one to hire first.