resonance-strategy-finance

Builds driver-based financial models, unit economics, and fundraise materials for startups.

Updated Dec 1, 2025
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npx skills add https://github.com/manusco/wolfgang --skill resonance-strategy-finance-manusco
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Skill: resonance-strategy-finance
Source: https://github.com/manusco/wolfgang/tree/main/.agents/skills/strategy/finance
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/manusco/wolfgang --skill resonance-strategy-finance-manusco

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What problem does it solve? Founders often present revenue projections with no underlying drivers, quote LTV:CAC ratios that hide cash-flow risk, and raise money without a named milestone. This Skill turns vague financial intuition into driver-based models, per-cohort unit economics, and fundraise materials where every number traces to a stated assumption. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Driver-Based Financial Modeling: Builds revenue from inputs like customers times price, computes burn and runway as a calendar date, and produces base, downside, and upside scenarios. - Unit Economics Diagnosis: Computes CAC, LTV, CAC payback, and contribution margin per cohort, and refuses to report LTV:CAC without the payback period and churn assumption behind it. - Fundraise Preparation: Derives the raise amount from a milestone and burn plan targeting 18 to 24 months of runway, explains pre-money versus post-money dilution and the option pool shuffle, and structures a 10-to-12 slide pitch deck. - Use Case: A founder with 400K in the bank and 55K monthly burn asks whether they survive. The Skill computes roughly 7 months of runway as a cash-out date, builds an 18-month MRR model from new customers times price with a churn assumption, and recommends raising or cutting before the deadline. ## Quick Start Ask the Skill to build a driver-based financial model and runway analysis from your current cash balance, monthly burn, pricing, and customer growth numbers.

Frequently Asked Questions about resonance-strategy-finance

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How do I build a driver-based financial model for a startup?▼

Build revenue from inputs you control, such as new customers times price or traffic times conversion times order value, never a typed-in top-line number. Separate assumptions, calculations, and outputs, then flex key drivers to produce base, downside, and upside scenarios.

How do I calculate runway and burn rate?▼

Runway is cash in the bank divided by net monthly burn, where net burn is cash out minus cash in. Express it as a calendar date the money runs out, and plan to close a raise with at least 6 months of runway remaining.

Why is a good LTV:CAC ratio not enough to justify scaling spend?▼

The ratio hides CAC payback period and rests entirely on the churn assumption behind LTV. A 4:1 ratio with a 16-month payback is a cash-flow risk, so always report the triplet of LTV:CAC, payback in months, and churn rate before increasing acquisition spend.

How much should a startup raise in a seed round?▼

Derive the amount from the milestone the round funds: estimate monthly burn to reach it, multiply by the months required, and target 18 to 24 months of runway. The milestone must clear the bar the next round's investors expect, such as product-market fit evidence for a seed.

What is the difference between pre-money and post-money valuation?▼

Post-money equals pre-money plus the amount raised, and investor ownership is the check divided by post-money, not pre-money. The option pool is typically carved from the pre-money, so it dilutes founders rather than the new investor.

When is this finance Skill the wrong tool?▼

It does not cover formal accounting, tax, GAAP statements, or legal financing terms, which belong with an accountant and lawyer. Pricing strategy and value metric design are delegated to a venture strategy skill, and retention-loop design to a growth skill.