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Free finance-readiness check · 17 questions · ~2 min

What's your Stack Score?

This is the 17-point check the people who control your future, investors, lenders, buyers, boards, an incoming CFO, use to judge your numbers. The first three sound easy. Most founders stall on question one. Answer honestly and I'll personally review your profile and get back to you within two business days.

First, what's the next big move on your horizon?
Pick the answer that's true for you today. The further right you can honestly go, the more your numbers would survive outside scrutiny.
Group 1 Revenue & Costs
1Last quarter's revenue, split by product, service, or channel.
2Your truly variable costs (the ones that move with every sale), separated from the rest.
3The monthly revenue you need just to break even.
Group 2 Margin & Profitability
4Your gross margin by product, service, or channel, after the real cost to deliver.
5Your contribution margin: what's left from each sale before fixed overhead.
6Which products, customers, or channels make money, and which quietly lose it.
Group 3 Cash & Runway
7How much cash you actually gained or lost last month (cash, not profit).
8Your cash runway: months of cash left before you run out, at today's burn.
9Cash timing and working capital: when money actually lands and leaves.
Group 4 Models & Forecasting
10A forward model that shows the effect on cash and profit when one assumption changes.
11A planning suite: budgets, projections, rolling forecasts, and variance analysis.
12Real scenarios: a downside and an upside case, not just one optimistic plan.
Group 5 Reporting, KPIs & Defensibility
13A monthly read that's current and tells you what to do next, not just what happened.
14The 5 to 10 numbers that actually drive your business, tracked every month.
15Books clean enough to survive diligence or an audit without surprises.
16How an investor, lender, or buyer would value your business and judge your numbers.
17Which finance support you actually need next (model, controller, fractional CFO, or nothing yet).
Last part. Tell me about the business so I can tailor your results.

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