cfo-review

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• /c-level-agents:cfo-review — CFO Forcing Questions
• When to Run
• The Six CFO Questions
• 1. Burn & Runway
• 2. Unit Economics
• 3. Dilution Path
• 4. Capital Allocation Alternative
• 5. Revenue Quality

Command: /c-level-agents:cfo-review The numerate skeptic stress-tests anything that touches money. Six questions before any spend or fundraise. Before approving any spend > 1% of revenue Before opening a new hiring requisition Before any fundraise conversation Before changing pricing or unit economics Before signing a multi-year contract What's the burn multiple and how many months of cash remain at base / bull / bear? Burn multiple = Net burn ÷ Net new ARR. Above 2x is a problem. If bear case 3x is healthy. Payback < 12 months is healthy. If either is broken, do not scale that channel. If this plan requires a raise, what's the dilution at base and bear valuations? Founder dilution per round. Cumulative dilution to next 2 rounds. If this dollar wasn't spent here, where else could it go and what's the expected return? Three alternatives: hiring, product, marketing. Make the opportunity cost explicit. What's the gross margin, and how does it trend at scale? If margin compresses with scale, the model is broken. Cost-of-revenue should grow slower than revenue. If revenue is 50% of plan, does the company survive 18 months? Default-alive is non-negotiable. If not, identify the cut trigge

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