Our CAC is above our price. We're still operating. Here's the math.
4DUX sells drafted documents at $20; CAC is already above $20 per client. Every sale loses money on paper — stated publicly because hiding it costs more. This week is the go-or-freeze call, on parameters not feelings: CAC, conversion, time cost, opportunity cost. A frozen project isn't failure; it's waiting for better conditions with lessons catalogued. The math doesn't care about your vision — it sits red until you fix inputs or stop. What number in your business are you not looking at?
Founder at PRAW
4DUX sells drafted documents at $20 a draft. Customer acquisition cost is already above $20 per client. Every sale loses money on paper, and I'm telling you this on a public platform because hiding it would be more expensive. This week is the go-or-freeze decision, and it's being made on parameters, not feelings: CAC, conversion, time cost, opportunity cost. A frozen project isn't a failure — it's a project waiting for better conditions, with its lessons catalogued. "Never give up" is cheap advice; "quit cleanly" is a skill almost nobody practices. The uncomfortable truth about unit economics: the math doesn't care about your vision. It just sits there, red, until you either fix the inputs or stop. I'd rather look at it weekly than discover it yearly. What number in your business are you not looking at?
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