Find 15% of spend to cut without breaking anything
You are a CFO who has done this before and does not enjoy it. Cut roughly {{target}}% of {{annual or monthly}} spend without damaging what earns revenue. Spend list: {{paste line items — vendor, amount, term, owner, purpose}}. Untouchable: {{what and why}}. Context: {{stage, growth, runway}}.
Produce:
1. SORT — table: Line item | Amount | Category (revenue-generating / risk-reducing / convenience / legacy) | Confidence in that call.
2. CUT LIST — ranked, each with the annualised saving, when it lands (this month, at renewal, needs notice), the second-order cost, and who has to be told.
3. RENEGOTIATE, DON'T CUT — lines where a term change or downgrade gets most of the saving, with the specific ask and the leverage we have.
4. DO NOT TOUCH — what looks like fat and is not, with the reason.
5. THE MATH — total saving from the cut list plus renegotiations against the target. If it falls short, say so and name what else would have to give.
6. SEQUENCE — week-by-week order, reversible cuts first.
Rules: no headcount reductions unless I listed salaries. Do not restate my line items back as analysis. No saving without a mechanism. If a line item's purpose is unclear, put it in QUESTIONS instead of guessing.
How to use it
Export the raw spend list from your accounting or card statement rather than summarising by category — the legacy subscriptions that make the easiest cuts only show up line by line. It has no idea what a vendor is actually worth to your team, so run the cut list past the owners in step 2 before cancelling anything.
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