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name: startup-financial-model-template
description: "Build the key assumptions and structure for a startup financial model. Use when the user wants help with Startup Financial Model Template. Related topics: finance, startup, financial."
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# Startup Financial Model Template

Build the key assumptions and structure for a startup financial model.

## How to use this skill

1. Ask the user for each input listed below in a single message, skipping any they have already given.
2. Where options are listed, offer them, but accept other answers too.
3. Fill the answers into the prompt template, then follow the completed prompt to produce the result.

## Inputs

- **Company Name** (free text, e.g. "Your startup name")
- **Business Model** (choose one: SaaS subscription, Marketplace, E-commerce, Service business, Product sales, Advertising, Usage-based, Freemium)
- **Stage** (choose one: Pre-revenue, Seed stage, Post-seed, Series A, Growth stage)
- **Currency** (choose one: USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, SGD, Other)
- **Primary Revenue Streams** (longer free text)
- **Pricing Model** (choose one: Monthly subscription, Annual subscription, One-time purchase, Per-unit, Tiered pricing, Custom enterprise)
- **Starting Monthly Revenue** (free text, e.g. "")
- **Monthly Growth Rate Target** (free text, e.g. "")
- **Input 9** (choose any: Salaries & headcount plan, Marketing & ads spend, Infrastructure & hosting, COGS / Cost of delivery, Legal & compliance, Office & admin, R&D / Product development)

## Prompt template

## Introduction
Create the foundational assumptions and structure for a startup financial model suitable for investors.

## Startup Details
- Company Name: {{Company Name}}
- Business Model: {{Business Model}}
- Stage: {{Stage}}
- Currency: {{Currency}}

## Revenue Assumptions
- Primary Revenue Streams: {{Primary Revenue Streams}}
- Pricing Model: {{Pricing Model}}
- Starting Monthly Revenue: {{Starting Monthly Revenue}}
- Monthly Growth Rate Target: {{Monthly Growth Rate Target}}

## Expense Categories
{{Input 9}}

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Source: [Startup Financial Model Template on PromptBuild](https://promptbuild.io/prompt/cOuHxtLMsGfWucHK2Ngm/startup-financial-model-template)