▸case-01 I am building a pitch deck for my early-stage B2B SaaS company and need to create a 3-year financial model. Can you give me a structured step-by-step guide on how to project cohort-based revenue, build a hiring plan, and calculate our cash runway across different growth cases? | fail→fail | 30,296 | 27,036 | -11% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 3,973 | 4,823 | +21% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-02 We are launching an e-commerce platform and need to construct a comprehensive financial projections sheet. Please provide an actionable framework for modeling our customer acquisition costs, inventory expense structure, monthly cash flow, and sensitivity analysis. | fail→fail | 29,346 | 24,863 | -15% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 4,341 | 4,450 | +3% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-03 My seed-stage marketplace startup is preparing to model our funding requirements and operational expenses. I need a clear outline detailing how to structure milestone-based financial forecasting, calculate key performance metrics, and plan for multiple funding scenarios. | fail→fail | 27,649 | 18,004 | -35% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 3,906 | 3,963 | +1% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-04 We are preparing our year-end US GAAP financial statements for an audited public technology corporation and need to record revenue under ASC 606 for multi-year software licenses with hardware bundles. What accounting steps should we take to allocate transaction price across performance obligations? | pass→pass | 24,982 | 23,052 | -8% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 3,453 | 3,935 | +14% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-05 I am evaluating a potential buyout of a mature 50-year-old industrial bolt manufacturing company generating $40M EBITDA. Provide a discounted cash flow valuation approach based on weighted average cost of capital and terminal value multiples. | pass→pass | 30,473 | 35,273 | +16% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 5,188 | 7,024 | +35% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-06 Our retail banking client needs to perform stress testing on a $500M commercial real estate loan portfolio to determine capital reserves under CCAR regulation. Outline the macroeconomic scenario framework and loss estimation methodology. | pass→pass | 27,513 | 23,393 | -15% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 3,865 | 4,111 | +6% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-07 I need to file my personal US federal income tax return (Form 1040) including Schedule C for freelance consulting income and Schedule D for capital gains. What forms and reporting rules apply to my deductions? | pass→pass | 24,339 | 20,653 | -15% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 3,580 | 3,756 | +5% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-08 Our SaaS company charges $100/month per seat with a 2% monthly churn rate. I am tempted to just multiply current monthly recurring revenue by 12 and apply a flat 10% monthly growth rate across all customers forever. How should we accurately model our subscription revenue projections? | fail→fail | 19,338 | 21,506 | +11% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,579 | 3,692 | +43% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-09 We operate a two-sided food delivery marketplace taking a 15% commission from restaurants and a $3 delivery fee from users. Modelers usually just project gross merchandise value and treat it all as top-line revenue. How should we structure our top-line financial projections? | fail→fail | 15,787 | 21,534 | +36% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,759 | 3,695 | +34% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-10 Our direct-to-consumer apparel brand is scaling. We buy inventory 90 days before sale and pay suppliers upfront, but collect revenue instantly upon checkout. Should we treat inventory purchases as immediate cost of goods sold expenses in our monthly profit and loss statement? | fail→fail | 17,436 | 12,327 | -29% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,189 | 2,853 | +30% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-11 Our AI consulting agency bills clients hourly and on fixed-fee retainers. We want to scale revenue rapidly by assuming our consultants can achieve 110% billable utilization year-round. How should we construct our service revenue and cost model? | fail→fail | 33,305 | 22,224 | -33% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 3,794 | 4,577 | +21% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-12 When building our seed-stage startup hiring plan, we want to budget for engineering salaries by putting raw base salary amounts ($120k/year per engineer) into our operational expenses. Is base salary sufficient for modeling employee cash impact? | fail→fail | 20,316 | 17,614 | -13% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,708 | 3,767 | +39% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-13 We are presenting our 3-year financial model to Series A investors. Should we present a single aggressive growth trajectory model where conversion rates increase by 50% every quarter, or how should scenario planning be structured? | fail→fail | 17,877 | 18,898 | +6% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,894 | 3,893 | +35% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-14 Our startup has $1.5M in the bank and spends $100k per month while generating $20k in cash revenue. Someone told us our burn rate is $100k and runway is 15 months. How should we properly measure monthly net burn rate and cash runway? | fail→fail | 14,039 | 13,513 | -4% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,467 | 3,183 | +29% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-15 We spend $50,000 per month on Google Ads and generate 500 new self-serve users. To calculate Customer Acquisition Cost, we plan to divide $50k by 500, ignoring sales rep salaries, ad agency fees, and marketing tool subscriptions. How should CAC be calculated? | fail→fail | 19,287 | 13,546 | -30% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,497 | 3,144 | +26% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-16 We are raising a $2M seed round. Should we budget our hiring and marketing expenses based on spending a fixed equal amount each month for 24 months regardless of product launches or customer milestones? | fail→fail | 19,643 | 20,793 | +6% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,397 | 3,296 | +38% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-17 We need to plan our next 3 years of capital raising. We plan to model future valuation by assuming a fixed 10x revenue multiple across all market conditions and ignore future option pool expansion. How should funding scenario modeling be structured? | fail→fail | 15,120 | 22,670 | +50% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,544 | 3,842 | +51% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-18 In our SaaS financial model, we put AWS hosting costs, customer success salaries, and third-party API usage fees under General & Administrative operating expenses (OpEx). Is this classification appropriate for calculating Gross Margin? | fail→fail | 11,109 | 15,878 | +43% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,042 | 2,638 | +29% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-19 We are building a 5-year financial model for early-stage investors. We plan to present all 5 years in quarterly totals without any monthly breakdowns. How should the time horizon and time bucket granularity be structured? | fail→fail | 16,477 | 17,831 | +8% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,754 | 2,924 | +6% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-20 We want to build our startup financial projections. We plan to jump straight into estimating monthly sales expenses and marketing budgets before defining our pricing strategy or monetization mechanics. What is the recommended sequential workflow for constructing the financial model? | fail→fail | 20,741 | 15,137 | -27% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,757 | 3,404 | +23% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-21 We are preparing a financial dashboard for our board of directors. We plan to report only gross revenue and total bank balance. What key financial metrics should an early-stage subscription startup track and report? | fail→fail | 18,387 | 18,668 | +2% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,393 | 3,202 | +34% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-22 We are a pre-revenue AI seed startup. An advisor told us to determine how much money to raise by calculating the Net Present Value (NPV) of our terminal enterprise value discounted at 15%. How should seed capital raise size be calculated? | fail→fail | 15,064 | 20,795 | +38% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,525 | 3,276 | +30% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-23 Our B2B enterprise software company closes deals with 90-day payment terms (Net 90). When modeling our monthly cash flow, we plan to count booked contract values immediately as cash received on day 1. How should receivables timing be modeled? | fail→fail | 19,691 | 20,340 | +3% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,608 | 3,428 | +31% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-24 We need an in-depth, production-ready financial model implementation guide with detailed Excel cell formulas, cohort waterfall tables, and cap table formulas for our pitch deck. Where should we look for detailed examples and reference templates? | fail→fail | 35,459 | 24,578 | -31% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 6,549 | 4,109 | -37% | 0 | 0 | — |
▸case-25 When stress testing our startup's cash runway, we plan to vary 15 different variables simultaneously (pricing, churn, hiring, ad spend, conversion, hosting cost, churn win-backs, office rent, sales quotas, commission rates, discount rates, taxes, inflation, lead volume, and ACV) without isolating any single variable. What is the recommended practice for sensitivity analysis? | fail→fail | 22,962 | 15,881 | -31% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,986 | 3,430 | +15% | 0 | 0 | — |