# Runway

Concept · [Business and metrics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/business)

Also called: cash runway, months of runway

How many months your company can keep going before the money in the bank runs out, if spending stays the same.

**For example:** You have 60,000 dollars in the bank and spend 10,000 dollars a month more than you bring in. Your runway is six months.

## Connects to (9)

- [Burn rate](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/burn-rate): How fast your company is using up its cash, usually counted per month.
- [Break-even](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/break-even): The point where the money coming in equals the money going out, so the business is no longer losing money.
- [Bootstrapping](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bootstrapping): Building a company with your own savings and the money customers pay you, instead of money from investors.
- [Default alive](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/default-alive): A phrase from investor Paul Graham.
- [Cash flow](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cash-flow): The timing of money coming into and going out of a business.
- [Spreadsheet](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/spreadsheet): A grid of rows and columns for numbers and lists, with formulas that calculate totals.
- [Microsoft Excel](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft-excel): Microsoft's spreadsheet app, part of Microsoft 365.
- [Relay](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/relay-financial): An online business banking app for small businesses, with several accounts and cards to organize money by purpose.
- [Fractional CFO](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/fractional-cfo): A part-time chief financial officer.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/runway