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Unit economics6 min read

Why Your CAC Doubled (And What the Board Should Actually Hear)

Rising CAC isn't always a marketing problem. A breakdown of the four levers that moved — and the one board slide that reframes the whole conversation.

Friday numbers4 min read

The 3 Numbers Every CEO Checks Friday

Not revenue. Not headcount. The three leading indicators that tell you Monday's problems before Monday arrives.

Spreadsheet literacy7 min read

Unit Economics Aren't Boring — Your Spreadsheet Is

A rebuild of the standard LTV:CAC model that surfaces the assumption quietly wrecking most forecasts.

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Issue 47 · 5 min read

The 3 Numbers Every CEO Checks Friday

Most executive dashboards surface forty metrics. You need three. Here's what the operators we talk to actually pull up before their Friday leadership sync — and why the other thirty-seven can wait.

“If a metric can't change your Monday, it doesn't belong in your Friday review.”
  • Net revenue retention — the single number that predicts your next four quarters
  • Cash runway at current burn — recalculated weekly, not quarterly
  • Pipeline coverage ratio — the early warning system most boards never see

Full breakdown, worked example, and the one-slide version for your board below.

— Dana Whitfield
Editor, ClearNova Enterprise

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CEOs, VPs of Strategy, and operators who need the signal from their metrics without spending an afternoon in a dashboard. If you make decisions based on numbers but don't build the reports yourself, this is written for you.

We don't teach you tools. Every issue picks one metric or decision, explains what moved and why in plain language, and tells you what to do about it — no SQL, no dashboard screenshots.

Five minutes, on average. Issues are capped deliberately — if a topic needs more than that, we split it across two Fridays rather than pad your inbox.

The frameworks are industry-agnostic — unit economics, retention, and operating leverage apply whether you sell software or steel. Examples rotate across SaaS, logistics, fintech, and consumer.

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