Description
Return the experiment budget remaining after spending and commitments, including a negative overrun.
Startup cash budgets distinguish available funds, committed outlays, restricted balances and expected receipts. Subtracting commitments can create a negative balance even while total cash remains positive; dividing by burn assumes a constant spending rate.
Return the experiment budget remaining after spending and commitments, including a negative overrun.
When to use this tool
Use Startup Experiment Loss Budget when checking a supplied cash commitment, balance or runway contribution.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter budget, spent, committed. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read remaining. Use the output convention below.
Require nonnegative budget, spent and committed. Return remaining = budget-spent-committed using the same currency and experiment boundary.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| budget | Budget | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| spent | Spent | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| committed | Committed | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| remaining | Remaining | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"budget": 1000,
"spent": 300,
"committed": 200
},
"output": {
"remaining": 500
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Overspending produces a negative remainder rather than zero. No cash availability, obligation validity, expected experiment return or approval is established.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use a dated cashflow forecast and the actual funding or payment terms when timing, changing burn or enforceability matters.
References
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