Workshop 1 · Studio 02 · Dylan
CFORECEIPTS
CFO judgment and recurring finance deliverables must become traceable, investor- and lender-readable evidence.
Founder DylanFinance OperationsStage Revenue
MVP Use Case
A startup CFO issues a board forecast packet connecting source assumptions, approved budget, cash forecast, variance explanation and use-of-funds decision.
Phase 1 Artifacts
- ·CFO workflow decomposition
- ·Forecast-assumption schema
- ·Board reporting evidence map
- ·Finance approval authority map
- ·CFO buyer/user distinction
- ·Artifact-pricing model
- ·Finance-system integration shortlist
MVP Artifacts
- ·Finance workspace
- ·Forecast creation workflow
- ·Assumption register
- ·Forecast approval receipt
- ·Budget variance receipt
- ·Board packet export
- ·Local receipt verifier
- ·CFO-authored limitation statement
V1 Artifacts
- ·Scenario comparison
- ·Monthly close evidence
- ·Board package versioning
- ·Lender-ready reporting export
- ·Use-of-funds monitoring
- ·Accounting-system import
- ·Finance-team permissions
- ·Developer API for vertical SaaS finance products
VC-Readiness Proof
- ·CFO time saved per reporting cycle
- ·Reduced board-packet preparation time
- ·Number of verified forecasts
- ·Number of exported lender or investor packets
- ·Willingness to pay per company or evidence packet
- ·Conversion from free developer integration to paid finance workspace
Investor Narrative
CFOReceipts is finance-evidence infrastructure, not fractional CFO software. It creates verifiable finance artifacts that travel between founders, CFOs, boards, lenders and investors.
Gate Path
- G1Gate 1 — Thesis ReadyThe specific workflow · The evidence failure · The developer user · The economic buyer · Why the founder is suited to solve it · Why the startup should exist independently
- G2Gate 2 — MVP ReadyOne Rails workflow · One Rust receipt family · One local verification path · One Evidence Room export · One developer quickstart · One design-partner use case
- G3Gate 3 — Pilot ReadyExternal acceptance criteria · Integration documentation · Measurable baseline · Commercial terms · Claims boundaries · An explicit end-of-pilot decision
- G4Gate 4 — V1 Venture ReadyProduct functionality · Developer adoption · External workflow completion · Verified artifacts · Willingness to pay · Repeatability and expansion potential · Capital requirements
Phase Timing
- Phase 0 — Founder-Market ThesisWorkshop kickoff9 artifacts
- Phase 1 — Pre-MVP Venture Thesis PackWeeks 1-210 artifacts
- Phase 2 — MVP Artifact PackWeeks 3-620 artifacts
- Phase 3 — Pilot-Ready Artifact PackWeeks 6-923 artifacts
- Phase 4 — V1 Venture-Readiness PackWeeks 9-1231 artifacts