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# Your runway is shorter than your spreadsheet
- URL: https://weiter-money.nichedthemes.com/runway-shorter-than-spreadsheet/
- Published: 2026-06-02T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-02T07:00:00.000Z
- Description: Three months go to fundraising itself.
- Author: Elias Brandt
- Tags: The words, Runway, #newsletter, #Import 2026-11-11 10:07

Every runway model I read forgets the months spent raising the next round. Those months are real, and your burn doesn’t pause for them.

Take your runway, subtract four months, and see what is left. That is the date you need to start.