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 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "jakeschincariol-founder-skill--calculate-real-margins-and-break-even",
 "repo": "Jakeschincariol/founder-skill",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/founder-skill",
 "repo_slug": "jakeschincariol-founder-skill",
 "title": "Calculate real margins, break-even and payback",
 "page_title": "How to calculate real margins, break-even and payback with Founder Skill",
 "summary": "Run unit economics on your numbers to see profit per sale, break-even and cash needed.",
 "who": "A founder with planned prices and costs who needs to know whether each sale makes money and how long the startup spend takes to earn back.",
 "problem": "Revenue projections hide per-sale costs, and it is unclear how many units are needed to cover fixed costs.",
 "outcome": "A CFO report with contribution per sale, profit margin at plan, break-even per day, year 1 by month, cash needed, payback and what-ifs.",
 "steps": [
  "Install the skills with `cp -r founder-skill/skills/founder-* ~/.claude/skills/` or by pasting the repo link into Claude.",
  "Run `/founder-cfo` or fill in founder/numbers.json using skills/founder-cfo/example.json as the template.",
  "Run `python3 skills/founder-cfo/unit_economics.py founder/numbers.json --out founder/cfo.md` to produce the report.",
  "Replace the estimates with real supplier quotes and rerun the command."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the Jakeschincariol/founder-skill repo, build founder/numbers.json for <business name> from the prices and costs I give you, then run `python3 skills/founder-cfo/unit_economics.py founder/numbers.json --out founder/cfo.md`. Output the contribution per sale, break-even per day and year 1 totals from cfo.md. Verify that every number traces to an input and that missing fields produce an error rather than a guessed value.",
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 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "45 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The CFO marks every estimate as an estimate, so check costs with suppliers and payroll and tax with an accountant.",
 "category": "Sales and marketing",
 "tags": [
  "Sales and marketing"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "A Claude account, or Claude Code for plugin install and sub-agents",
  "Python 3.8 or newer for the tools (no pip install needed)",
  "A project folder where the founder/ files will be written"
 ],
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