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XLSX · FREEBudget & profit

Marketing Budget & Growth Feasibility

What may growth cost – and is the target fundable given margin, CAC and timeframe?

Decision

Which budget your revenue target actually supports.

File type
XLSX (Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers)
Language
German workbook · English edition in preparation
Working time
approx. 30 minutes
Modules
3 worksheets
Access
Free · after a short request
Data
Example data included – replace it with your own
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If the tool exposes a leadership or ownership bottleneck: consider a bottleneck call.

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  • Built for real decisions

The workbook translates revenue target, margin, close rate and timeframe into required new customers, a viable CAC corridor and the resulting funding gap. Scenarios show what happens when CAC rises or the close rate drops.

Modules

  • Budget Lab (result view)
  • Inputs (your numbers)
  • Scenarios (cases & funding gap)

What the workbook produces

  • Revenue target translated into required customers and leads
  • Viable CAC corridor from contribution margin and payback
  • Funding gap: required budget versus available budget
  • Three scenarios (conservative / plan / ambitious)
  • Sensitivity on CAC, close rate and margin

Who it's for

  • Founders and CEOs ahead of budget approval
  • Marketing leads in annual and quarterly planning
  • Teams that must defend a growth target to a board or bank

Use it when

During budget planning and before any larger media approval.

Limits of this tool

This is not a cash-flow plan. It shows feasibility, not month-by-month liquidity.

The decision this tool clarifies

You know which budget your revenue target actually supports – and when the target stops being fundable.

The tool is enough when …

  • CAC, close rate and contribution margin are reliably known.
  • Someone internally can defend the budget.
  • It covers one business model, not five in parallel.

Marketing leadership makes sense when …

  • The plan doesn't survive the first question from the board or bank.
  • Budget shifts every quarter without anyone deciding.
  • You're told to invest but don't know which lever pays off first.

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