Startup Ops

The Startup Ops domain pack teaches BASAL the vocabulary of startup operations: the language founders, operators, and investors use every day.

The difference it makes

Without Startup Ops, BASAL ingests a board meeting transcript and extracts:

• "Revenue was discussed"
• "Hiring was mentioned"
• "The CEO talked about growth"

Generic. Not compounding.

With Startup Ops, the same transcript yields:

• ARR grew from $1.2M to $1.8M (type: RevenueMetric, direction: +50%)
• Burn rate increased to $180K/month (type: BurnRate, mechanism: hiring_acceleration)
• Runway estimated at 14 months (type: RunwayEstimate, derived from: burn + cash)
• Enterprise deal delays → revenue miss → runway compression (mechanism: revenue_dependency)

The compound effect

After 6 months of board meetings across a portfolio, BASAL surfaces:

"3 companies show runway compression patterns similar to what PortCo X showed 4 months before their bridge round"

"Enterprise sales cycle lengthening is a recurring theme across 7 of 12 companies this quarter"

You stop reading board decks cover-to-cover. You read BASAL's cross-portfolio intelligence instead. You spot patterns before founders ask for help.

What's in the pack

Entity types (38): RunwayEstimate, BurnRate, ARR, MRR, ChurnMetric, PMFSignal, FundingRound, CapTable, Dilution, SAFE, ConvertibleNote, ProRataRight, NPS, DAU, MAU, RetentionCohort, PaybackPeriod, CAC, LTV, GrossMargin, NetRevenue, RevenueMetric, HiringPlan, HeadcountTarget, BoardResolution, MilestoneCommitment, InvestorUpdate, PitchDeck, TermSheet, DueDiligenceItem, MarketSize, CompetitorSignal, ProductLaunch, PivotDecision, CustomerSegment, PricingChange, PartnershipDeal, ExitScenario

Mechanisms (21): burn_rate_change, runway_compression, revenue_acceleration, churn_cascade, hiring_acceleration, fundraising_pressure, dilution_impact, market_timing, competitive_response, product_market_fit_signal, retention_decay, expansion_revenue, contraction_signal, bridge_round_trigger, milestone_slip, board_escalation, investor_sentiment_shift, pricing_power, channel_dependency, technical_debt_drag, regulatory_risk

Who this is for

• Founders processing board decks, investor updates, and strategy docs
• VCs tracking portfolio company health across board meetings
• Operators who need BASAL to understand startup-specific language from day 1