This chapter covers
- What does cash-flow positive mean?
- Why is achieving cash-flow positive like finding the Holy Grail? You like sleep, don’t you?
- Hit cash-flow positive? How does this reset investor perspectives about your startup?
Every startup founder and CEO starts their company with their eyes on the prize: steady growth, profitability, and a great exit. There are many challenges to getting there. But along the way, there is a moment that is totally transformational for you, your employees, and your investors: the moment when cash burn becomes cash growing. It’s where the runway becomes “infinite.” This moment is called cash-flow positive, and it truly is like finding the Holy Grail. You feel like falling to your knees and howling in sheer delight.