Runway Extension Plan template for Google Docs and Word

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Overview

A founder with a cash squeeze needs one page that answers three questions: how long the money lasts, what it costs to extend it, and which milestone justifies the next raise. This plan ties hiring and spend to those milestones, shows runway in months with the month it ends, and sets the cash floor that triggers cuts.

The sample is for Kingfisher Row Holdings, a company with $2.0M of cash and $140K of net monthly burn, which extends runway from 14 to 19 months with $35K of monthly cuts and a $500K bridge. Every name, number and date is fictional. Replace the opening cash, burn and milestones with your own, and check the statements against the bank.

Useful for

A founder checking how many months of cash remain before deciding whether to cut or raise
A finance lead preparing the runway numbers for the board's monthly burn review
A seed investor testing whether a proposed raise reaches a fundable milestone

What's included

Current runway: a cash trend, a spend split and the key figures against the cut trigger
Cuts: a statement of costs before and after each cut, with the running totals
Revenue moves: budget, forecast and actual by line, with a cause for each variance
Bridge options: a cash chart, the cost of each option and a summary table
New runway: dated news cards, a table of key dates and a quarterly cash flow
Make it yours: numbered steps for entering cash, milestones and hiring costs

How to use it

1
Click Make a copy in Google Docs, then confirm on the Google page. The copy is saved to your own Google Drive.
2
Enter opening cash and the last three months of net burn, then recalculate the runway from those figures.
3
Replace the milestones with the three outcomes that unlock your next raise, and give each a date.
4
Rebuild the hiring plan with start months and fully loaded costs, then set the cash floor that triggers cuts.
5
Delete the guide page, then share the plan with the board and the finance lead.

What you need

Requirements

A Google account with access to Google Drive

Works with

Google Docs
Microsoft Word (download the .docx)

Questions

Are the company, people and figures fictional?

Yes. Kingfisher Row Holdings, its cash balance, burn, milestones and every bridge option in this plan are fictional. Replace them with your own figures from the bank and the ledger before you rely on any runway date.

Should runway count hires that are not yet made?

Yes. Runway computed on today's burn ignores the hiring already planned, so it overstates how long the money lasts. Include every planned hire with its start month and fully loaded cost.

When should cuts start?

When cash falls to the floor you set, which should leave at least six months to carry out the cut plan. Waiting until cash is nearly gone leaves no time for the cuts to work and weakens every investor conversation.

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