Quarterly Scenario Planning Session

A CEO, a head of design, and a CFO meet in a Seattle office to discuss the runway and upcoming funding round alternatives.

Quarterly Scenario Planning Session

True or false?

The meeting takes place in a Seattle office.

• True
• False

Hannah suggests firing all the developers.

• True
• False

Nicole discovers that canceling the AR contract saves the company's runway.

• True
• False

The team plans to increase spending on subscriptions.

• True
• False

Ben decides to present the new plan at the upcoming investor update.

• True
• False

Listen again and complete the sentences

• Hannah: We've already cut all unnecessary subscriptions in Figma and Jira, but it's not enough to ____ for long.
• Nicole: That's true. Assuming that our next ____ round doesn't close by November, we'll hit zero by Christmas.
• Ben: What's our backup plan if the venture capitalists pull out completely? We can't just ignore that ____ .
• Nicole: Well, otherwise, we'd need to freeze spending immediately and downsize the ____ team by at least twenty percent.
• Nicole: I know, Hannah. But let's look at the ____ model I ran yesterday evening before leaving the office.

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