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Runway Compression

Liquidity / base / Immediate

What it detects

The company is running low on cash relative to how fast it's burning.

Why it matters

Based on Y Combinator guidance and VC community consensus. Raising a funding round typically takes [redacted] to [redacted] months. At [redacted] months, you have enough time to run a process without desperation. At [redacted] months, you don't.

Severity levels

  • MEDIUM
  • HIGH
  • CRITICAL

Thresholds

  • RUNWAY_CRITICAL
  • RUNWAY_EMERGENCY
  • RUNWAY_TIGHT

Exact thresholds, formulas, and severity bands are omitted from this public view. The full methodology, with every figure, is available in the authenticated app.

How it connects

Cash operations cannot be sustained beyond ~[redacted] months at current burn without intervention.

Sources

  • Y Combinator
  • Corporate Finance Institute
  • Gompers & Lerner (Harvard Business School)
  • Traksource

SEE IT ON REAL NUMBERS

The exact thresholds, the formula, and your own figures are in the authenticated app. See it against a real, simulated dataset for Integra Executive Services, our public demo company, or connect your own QuickBooks Online account.

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