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See the consequences — before you make the decision.

This is the build behind the models: the driver map, the auditable schedules, the three-statement engine, the scenario switchboard, and the pressure-test that earns it decision rights. Scroll to watch it come together on an illustrative company.

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01 / 10 — Your situation

The only way to test a big call today is to make it.

Raise prices, add a crew, buy the equipment, take the contract — right now the consequences show up after you commit. The model flips the order: see them first.

Custom 3-statement operating model
02 / 10 — Scope the drivers

We map how the money is actually made.

Two days with you — units, rates, capacity, seasonality. Drivers ranked by dollar impact, vanity metrics cut, and the decision list the model must answer agreed in writing, with a fixed fee.

One-page driver map, signed off
03 / 10 — Build the schedules

Schedules a CFO could review line by line.

Revenue built volume × rate × mix with seasonality. A headcount grid with wage cards, burden, and an explicit overtime policy. Costs on per-unit logic; capex and working-capital timing spelled out.

Zero hardcoded numbers inside formulas
04 / 10 — Wire the engine

Three statements that move as one.

The schedules cascade into a linked P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow that balance in every period, in every scenario. Change one assumption and the whole company responds — on paper first.

A living model that answers “what if” in seconds
05 / 10 — The switchboard

Three futures, one switch.

Base, upside, and downside are wired in from day one — not rebuilt every time someone asks. Toggle instantly, compare honestly, and nothing breaks.

Scenario switchboard, built in
06 / 10 — Rank the levers

Five assumptions move the cash. Now you know the order.

Each key assumption swung ±20% and ranked by impact. Price usually beats volume, volume usually beats cost-cutting — but your business gets its own answer, not a rule of thumb.

Sensitivity analysis, ranked
07 / 10 — Pressure-test

Nothing earns decision rights until it survives this.

Backtested against your history until calibration reads 1.00. Downside runs show exactly where cash pinches first — and in which month. The model's honest limits get documented, not hidden.

A model you can defend to a bank, board, or buyer
08 / 10 — The forecast

A projection with the uncertainty shown.

Actuals become a forward view with an explicit range around it — honest enough for a board, tight enough to act on. It rolls forward monthly so the plan never goes stale.

Bank- and board-ready forecast
09 / 10 — Decisions, rehearsed

See the whole consequence chain before you commit.

The price change ripples to volume, EBITDA, cash timing, and runway — the full chain, visible before you decide. Run it, sleep on it, run it again. The rehearsal is free; the mistake isn't.

Decision support, on demand
10 / 10 — What you keep

Built from scratch. Yours outright.

The model, the assumptions register, and the version log are yours — plus a walkthrough so you can drive it without me in the room. When the board asks “what if”, you answer in the meeting.

Fixed fee · yours to keep
The offering

A custom operating model, built from scratch.

Investor- and board-ready, calibrated against your history, and documented so it outlives the engagement.

WHAT YOU GET
  • A linked 3-statement model on your real drivers
  • Scenario switchboard: base, upside, downside — instant
  • Ranked sensitivities + calibration against history
  • Assumptions register, version log, and a walkthrough
INVESTMENTFrom $3,900 — fixed fee, in writing before any build

The decision list the model must answer is agreed up front — no scope drift.

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A fixed-fee build, exactly as shown — investor-ready, board-ready, and yours to keep. Start with a free consultation.

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