Startup Unit Economics

Is the machine working: acquisition, retention, margin, runway.

Status: observedLifecycle: verified-workflow-definition

Goal

Is the machine working: acquisition, retention, margin, runway.

ARPU/margin/churn feed LTV; churn signs matter (t4-292 failure mode).

State churn sign convention before computing; a net-negative churn (expansion > churn) must be reported as growth, not loss.

These pointers bind the page to evidence. They do not grant authority or collapse verification into deployment.