ELA model guide

Four levers move this model

The model has 68 inputs, but four levers decide the answer and everything else barely moves it. This guide takes the four one at a time, then lets you combine them.

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What moves cash at month 36

Model output.

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What the ads buy

Ads buy paying members at a price, and word of mouth brings more on top. Together they set how fast members arrive.

July plan
300,000 members counted for the whole of year one, with no ramp.
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The cost of an install divided by the share of installs that pay.

Cash at the end of each month

Model output, AED million, by month.

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Company seats

Employers buy seats for their staff by contract, outside the App Store. It is the biggest single swing after the ads, and there is no named pipeline yet.

July plan
Company seats were not modelled.
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Cash at the end of each month

Model output, AED million, by month.

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How long members stay

Members who stop paying take their future fees with them. Two numbers set this: monthly payers who stop each month, and annual plans that renew.

July plan
Every member counted for the whole year, so nobody stopped.
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Cash at the end of each month

Model output, AED million, by month.

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Running costs

The 24/7 desk, the delivery team, the office, the board and marketing beyond the ads cost much the same each month, whatever members do.

July plan
AED 4.62M of costs in year one, in total.
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Cash at the end of each month

Model output, AED million, by month.

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Sandbox: all four together

Start from a case, then move any lever. Anything without a slider stays at the chosen case's value.

What the ads buy

Company seats

How long members stay

Running costs

Cash at the end of each month

Model output, AED million, by month.

Show as a table

All figures are model outputs, recalculated as you move the sliders.