Aligned Financials
There are only a few levers that actually move profit — price, cost of goods, and overhead — and founders almost always underestimate how much a small pull on each one is worth. A 3% price increase and a 2% improvement on costs don't feel dramatic in the moment. They feel like rounding errors. But run the math and they compound into a number that changes the whole year.
The Profit Lever Calculator lets you see that number before you commit to anything. You enter your current revenue, margin, and overhead, then model three different lever scenarios side by side — a little more price here, a little less cost there, some overhead trimmed — and the tool calculates the new annual profit, the increase over where you are today, and the percentage improvement for each one. Then it names the winner: the scenario that adds the most profit, so you know which combination of levers to pull first.
This is the tool that turns "we should probably raise prices" into a specific, quantified decision. Small levers, pulled deliberately, are how a business improves its profitability without needing a single new customer — and this shows you exactly which ones are worth the effort.
An interactive spreadsheet that models three profit scenarios side by side and names the winner. Part of the toolkit from The Freedom Point.