Finance & Profitability

Burn Rate
Calculator

Calculate your startup burn rate, cash runway, and default alive status. Project 18 months ahead with optimistic, base, and pessimistic scenarios.

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Gross Burn

$65,000

Total monthly spend

Net Burn

$35,000

After revenue

Runway

14.3mo

Comfortable

Default Status

Alive

Paul Graham's test

Burn Rate Analysis

Default Alive

At your current growth rate, revenue will overtake expenses before cash runs out.

Expense Breakdown

Salaries$35,00054%
Marketing$10,00015%
Infrastructure$5,0008%
Office$5,0008%
Other$10,00015%
Cash runway: At your current net burn of $35,000/month, you have approximately 14.3 months before running out of cash. With 10% monthly growth, this extends as revenue grows.

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