Building Financial Projections: a must for every founder, hosted by Antoine Bruna co-founder @ CapQuest

​Description: a session going in deep on an excel template of financial projections - learning how to build your financial projections (template provided at the end of the session!)

​Host: Antoine Bruna, co-founder @ CapQuest

​Session duration: 2.5-3hrs

​Takeaways and learning outcomes:

​ 📊 Own your projections – Skip the AI shortcuts. Manually build your forecasts to truly understand your numbers.

​ 💸 Fix overhead in cash, not % – Budget rent, salaries, and fixed costs as absolute figures to catch surprises early.

​ ⚠️ Automate real-time alerts – Use tools like Expensify or Datarails to flag anomalies daily or weekly.

​ 🎯 Build projections bottom-up from strategy – Funnels, unit economics, and hiring plans first. Revenue targets second.

​ 📉 Scenario plan (pessimistic realistic optimistic) – Ensure viability, attract investors, and keep a buffer.

​ 👥 Model hiring ramp-up & turnover – Account for onboarding curves and churn (e.g., 30% for BDRs) to time growth realistically.