startup-board-packlisted

# Startup board pack A board pack is a **decision document**, not a data dump. Its job is to get a small number of important decisions made and to keep the board from being surprised. The governing rule: > **No surprises.** A board that learns about a problem in the meeting learns two things: the > problem, and that you sit on problems. The second is more expensive. Bad news goes early, > quantified, with a plan. Load `saas-metrics` for definitions and `tie-out` for the proof obligation. Every number in a board pack must be tied out to closed figures before it leaves the building. --- ## The arc Board attention decays fast. Order by importance, not by chronology or by org chart. | # | Section | Length | Contains | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | **The ask** | 1 slide | What you need from the board *today*. Decisions, approvals, intros. Put it first, not last | | 2 | **Scoreboard** | 1 slide | 6-10 metrics, actual vs plan vs prior, with a plain-language verdict per line | | 3 | **Cash and runway** | 1 slide | Cash, net burn, runway in months, next raise timing. Never buried | | 4 | **Growth** | 2-3 slides | ARR bridge, pipeline, retention/cohorts, the one thing driving or blocking growth | | 5 | **What changed** | 1-2 slides | Material variances vs plan with drivers and forward implication (from `flux-analysis`) | | 6 | **Risks** | 1 slide | Top 3, each with an owner, a mitigation, and a trigger point | | 7 | **Functional updates** | as needed | Product, GTM, people — short |