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Churn affects starting customers; additions occur at close and bill from next month. Normalized MRR is not cash receipts; annual prices divide by twelve.

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new customers / cohort
customers / month
% / month
currency / customer / month (annual plan: annual price)
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months
0 = no; 1 = yes
currency / customer / month (annual plan: annual price)
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Variable to solve: New customers at month-end
Target result: Closing MRR

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Closing MRR

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Scenario result

Estimate based on your assumptions

Closing MRR€7,136.76
Cohort customers
237.89 units
Recognized revenue over horizon
€61,264.82
Closing monthly contribution
€7,136.76
Closing MRR · EUR / Period
7,1373,450112
Breakdown by period
PeriodCohort customersunitsClosing MRREURRecognized revenue over horizonEURExpected churned customersunits
11153,4503,0005
2129.253,877.53,4505.75
3142.794,283.623,877.56.46
4155.654,669.444,283.627.14
5167.875,035.974,669.447.78
6179.475,384.175,035.978.39
7190.55,714.965,384.178.97
8200.976,029.225,714.969.52
9210.936,327.766,029.2210.05
10220.386,611.376,327.7610.55
11229.366,880.86,611.3711.02
12237.897,136.766,880.811.47
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Model version 1.0.0

Method and assumptions

Churn affects starting customers; additions occur at close and bill from next month. Normalized MRR is not cash receipts; annual prices divide by twelve.

Examples are illustrative. Profitability excludes recoverable indirect taxes; use consistent periods. Results depend on your inputs. No automatic legal rates are applied.

Nₜ = Nₜ₋₁ × (1 − c) + A

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