Tools

Calculators and checklists for CEOs, CFOs, investors and hiring managers. Each one answers one question in a few minutes.

Every tool opens with example numbers, so you see an answer before you type anything. Replace them with yours. Each one ends with a PDF report to take into the meeting. The maths runs in your browser, and nothing you enter is sent anywhere.

01 Hiring

Head of Product spec builder

What should our Head of Product job spec say for our stage?

For CEOs and hiring managers

02 Hiring

Leadership gap calculator

Our product leader is leaving. How long is the gap, what will it cost, and does interim cover pay for itself?

For CEOs, CFOs and hiring managers

03 AI

AI approval check

Should we approve this AI feature or internal workflow, and what does it do to our margin or our costs?

For CEOs, CFOs and operations leaders

04 Pricing

Price increase break-even

How many customers can we lose before a price increase stops paying off?

For CEOs and CFOs

05 Pricing

Usage pricing readiness

How fast can our revenue mix move to usage pricing, and what must be in place first?

For SaaS CEOs and CFOs

06 Revenue

Embedded payments upside

How much revenue per customer could payments add, and at what adoption do payments overtake subscriptions?

For vertical SaaS CEOs, CFOs and investors

07 Diligence

Seat usage renewal risk

How much recurring revenue will shrink at renewal because seats sit unused?

For investors and CFOs

08 Diligence

Product diligence scorecard

What product risks does this company carry, and what should we ask for before the term sheet?

For investors

09 Channels

Marketplace vs direct calculator

What do we save by moving repeat customers off the marketplace, and how big a direct discount can we afford?

For CEOs and CFOs who sell through marketplaces or app stores

10 Decisions

Pre-mortem builder

If this decision fails a year from now, what is the most likely reason, and what do we do about it today?

For CEOs, CFOs and investment committees

11 AI

AI outcome and quote check

Are the outcomes on the AI vendor's invoice the results we count as done, and what does each one really cost?

For CFOs, CEOs and investors

12 AI

Agent reliability check

Our AI agent passed most of its tests. Can we launch it, and what will still go wrong?

For CEOs, product and operations leaders

13 AI

AI sales channel: profit and offer rules

Are orders from AI shopping agents adding profit? And which offers can an agent make on its own?

For CEOs, CFOs and commerce leaders

14 AI

AI staffing check

Before we shrink the team for AI: can the people left keep things running if we have to switch it off?

For CEOs, CFOs and operations leaders

15 AI

SaaS AI exposure test

How much of this software company's revenue could AI agents wear away, and what protects it?

For investors, boards and SaaS CEOs

16 AI

AI commitment stress test

How much AI usage should we commit to before the discount turns into money we never use?

For CFOs, procurement leads and CEOs

17 AI

AI advice check

What changed in my thinking after the AI's recommendation, and is there evidence behind it?

For CEOs, investors and strategy leads