Need a financial model for your startup? Fear not. I have extensively compared the top 12 templates, free and paid, so you don't have to do it.
Financial Modeling for Startups: An Introduction | Fivecast Financial
Founders and executives of new companies, particularly those seeking to raise capital, will inevitably be confronted with the prospect of building a financial model. The goal of this guide is to give you an idea of what a financial model is, why you might want one, and how to go about building one.
Startup idea checklist
I’ve been tinkering with different startup ideas and needed a good checklist to think through them. There are great templates for this already: The YC application, Amazon’s internal press release, and Sequoia’s Writing a Business Plan. I found myself mixing and tweaking these templates because they don’t exactly match my model of the world, so I wrote up my own list.
SaaS Financial Model: Our Templates for Modeling & Growth
How to build a SaaS financial model you'll actually use: operating model, revenue forecast, hiring plan, scenarios, and forecast vs actuals.
How We Evaluate Companies: Our 8 T Framework
When evaluating startups for investment, byFounders uses its 8 T framework to structure their thinking. Looking for funding for your startup? Check it out!
The Secrets of Successful Open Source Business Models
Finding the right model for your open-source startup
7 Free Jekyll Templates
A guide for Jekyll freelancers to get the most out of CloudCannon with templates.
The Startup Marketing Checklist
I tried dozens of side projects before starting Draft.dev, and now I’ve worked with hundreds of early-stage startups and established enterprises to help with growth marketing. So, a lot of founders ask me how to get started in marketing when your marketing budget is small and your product is new. I created this list to […]
How to Set Up SaaS Expense Categories for Accurate Metrics
Proper expense categorization improves your visibility into your SaaS company’s spending while enabling more accurate metrics and forecasting. After all, as a startup founder, you want to have a solid idea of what your true gross margins are and what it actually costs to acquire a customer!
Our Favorite Tools to Stay on Top of Your Financial Life (Published 2018)
Here are some of the best apps and services to help keep your money on track, whether you’ve never created a budget or you’re a seasoned investor.
Manifest Financial | Banking Solutions for Creators
Crafted specifically for creators, streamlining financial management with seamless payments and effortless expense tracking—all in one place.
MongoDB For Startups
MongoDB for Startups offers free MongoDB Atlas credits, Voyage AI tokens, one-on-one technical advice, co-marketing opportunities, and access to our partner network.
What is the best way to fund your startup?
47 votes, 44 comments. If you’re married or have kids starting a business can be a lot harder. You have more to lose and more people depending on…
Revenue Models (2026): 19 Different Ways to Make Money [B2B & B2C] - Gust de Backer
So many different revenue models... But, which one fits your business? Over the past few decades, many new revenue models have proven to be profitable. That's why I'm going to show you 16 different revenue models so you can evaluate if there might be a better way to monetize the value you deliver to your customer. Let's start... What is…
Field Guide
The Startup Field Guide provides essential tools and insights to support early-stage founders on their journey to success.
Personal Finance
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How to Build Your Ideal Customer Profile Template (+9 Examples)
There are tons of acronyms in marketing, but few are as overused and misunderstood as this one: ICP. Way too often, it’s reduced to something very generic and simple: “B2B software companies with 50–200 employees.”
