Startup Partners

Runway Navigator / Quick Navigator

Don’t guess your runway.
Navigate it.

Standard runway is cash divided by burn. But startup spending is rarely linear, so that formula simply won’t work for decisions that depend on timing. Hiring, collections, one-time outlays, and financing reshape the route.

This public model is a starting point—not a substitute for a company-specific forecast.

Model your scenarios
Position→Drivers→Routes→Decisions→Navigation

The Startup Partners approach

Cash first.
Decisions forward.

A useful runway model does more than divide cash by burn. It connects the operating engine to future choices and makes timing risk visible while leadership still has room to act.

01

Model cash, not accounting profit

Use collected revenue, cash contribution, operating spend, and financing events to expose liquidity.

02

Test decisions, not optimism

Make hiring, spending, growth, and capital timing explicit across credible routes.

03

Protect progress, not just runway

Separate disciplined spending from cuts that delay the milestones the capital was raised to achieve.

Your assumptions

Use approximate figures. Nothing entered here is stored or transmitted.

Starting position
Operating engine
Cash events
Guardrails

Illustrative planning tool only. Results are not accounting, tax, legal, investment, or financing advice and do not replace a company-specific cash forecast.

Decision brief

Runway is a route,
not a number.

The model follows cash contribution, operating spend, planned events, and financing timing across three transparent routes.

Downside14 mo.

Revenue receipts at 80% of plan, operating spend 5% above plan, and financing three months later.

Plan24+ mo.

Your entered operating assumptions, with planned spending and financing occurring on schedule.

Growth24+ mo.

Revenue receipts at 110% of plan and operating spend 2% below plan, with financing on schedule.

Plan ending cash$2.2MAt month 24
Average plan burn$107.8KNegative cash-flow months
Downside capital gap$563.1KTo preserve your cash buffer
Fundraising windowMonth 8Six months before downside cash-out
Cash trajectory

Plan, downside, and growth

PlanDownsideGrowth

Month of forecast.

What changes the route

Decision signals

  • Hiring: Planned additions use $378K of cash through month 24.
  • Financing timing: The downside route delays the planned raise by three months so timing risk is visible before it becomes urgent.
  • Cash discipline: The model uses cash contribution—not accounting revenue or profit—so spending decisions remain connected to liquidity.
Need the company-specific version?

Turn assumptions into an operating model.

The full Runway Navigator connects actual financials, working capital, contracts, hiring plans, milestones, and recurring review support.

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How to use the result

The number starts the conversation.

01 / Position

Confirm cash, recurring receipts, operating costs, and committed obligations.

02 / Drivers

Identify the revenue, margin, headcount, and event assumptions that materially change cash.

03 / Routes

Compare plan, downside, and growth without hiding the assumptions behind each scenario.

04 / Decisions

Connect runway to hiring, capital requirements, financing timing, and company milestones.

05 / Navigation

Replace assumptions with actuals, explain variance, and revisit choices on a regular cadence.

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