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Marcos9:14 AM

@Palus Bot our packaging supplier just raised prices 8%. what does that do to our margins?

Palus BotApp9:14 AM

Gross margin on the 16oz line drops from 41% to 37%, about $2,900/mo at current volume. A $0.24 price increase gets you back to 41%.

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Palus BotApp6:00 AM

Automatic cash rebalance

Runway21.5 mo
Burn$185K/mo
Reserve$3.4M

Moved $250K checking → T-Bills. New allocation: 62% agency bonds / 24% T-Bills / 14% cash.

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DK
Dana11:47 PM

@Palus Bot are we going to be able to make payroll Friday?

Palus BotApp11:48 PM

Looking into it. I'll come back to you first thing.

KS
Kyle Smith, CFA7:02 AM

Morning. Payroll clears Friday. The crunch is an $85,000 invoice from Harvest Market that's 40 days out. I'm calling their AP team this morning, and if it hasn't landed by Thursday we cover the gap from reserves. Plan attached.

payroll-cash-plan.xlsxShared 7:02 AM
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DK
Dana4:31 PM

Investor wants an 18-month cash flow projection before we sign. @Kyle Smith, CFA can you turn it around today?

KS
Kyle Smith, CFA6:58 PM

Done, projection attached.

cashflow-projection-18mo.xlsxShared 6:58 PM

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