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How deep is the cash trough before the new unit matures?
Model 12 months of linear revenue ramp, contribution and fixed costs after launch investment.
Example scenario
Editable demonstration inputs, not verified industry benchmarks. Enable JavaScript to calculate your own scenario.
- Upfront launch cash
- $200,000
- Mature monthly net revenue
- $100,000
- Months to mature revenue
- 9 months
- Contribution margin before fixed costs
- 45 %
- Monthly fixed cash operating costs
- $35,000
Maximum first-year cash funding required
Example result only, not a forecast or promise.
- Cumulative cash after year one
- -$260,000
- Mature monthly operating cash
- $10,000
- Upfront launch cash
- $200,000
What to do with this result
Replace the straight-line ramp with validated opening-cohort assumptions and consider seasonality and working-capital needs separately.
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Calculation method
Month t revenue = mature monthly revenue × min(1, t / ramp months). Cumulative cash = −launch cash + sum(monthly revenue × contribution margin − fixed cash cost).
Assumptions and limitations
- Example inputs are editable scenarios, not Aryo results or independently verified industry benchmarks.
- Business revenue is not owner income. These scenarios do not predict demand, guarantee earnings or establish a business valuation.