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Theory Studios: Unlocking Project Success with whatifi Scenario Services

Managing project timelines and resource capacity is critical for Theory Studios. By using whatifi, they streamlined decision-making, optimized artist allocation, and improved project forecasting—ensuring smoother production and better profitability.

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How Augsense Uses whatifi to Secure Funding & Scale Production

For startups like Augsense, securing funding and scaling production requires more than just a great product—it demands clear, data-driven financial planning. By using whatifi, Augsense built dynamic financial models to forecast cash flow, test funding scenarios, and optimize production costs. This gave investors confidence in their strategy is helping them scale with precision.

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Refuge: Artist Capacity Planning with whatifi Scenario Services

Managing artist capacity in Visual Effects is a constant balancing act—hire too soon, and overhead eats into margins; wait too long, and you’re scrambling to meet deadlines. Refuge tackled this challenge using whatifi, gaining real-time insights into staffing, project pipelines, and financial impact before making critical decisions. The result? Smoother production cycles and smarter hiring.

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Gestr - Hardware is Hard - Chapter 1

The startup grind is hard. Launching a hardware startup... even more of a challenge. Cashflow. Investment. Product runs. CoGS. Supply chain. Ad spend. Returns. Go-to-market. In this first of an ongoing series, we follow Tony Donaj and his journey as he builds a plan to bring Gestr - a wearable device that tracks hand movement to interact with your smartphone - to market.

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ROAS - How To Control Your Ad Spend While Growing Your E-Commerce Store

Understanding your DTC ad spend is hard. For many people, advertising is simply the cost of doing business - something to throw money at to make sales and hope for the best. But if you dig deeper to understand the math, you can increase revenue, cut costs, and gain a better understanding of your business. Learn through a hypothetical case study why it's important, and what you need to do to get your ROAS back on track.

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The Great VFX Ramp Up: Forecasting, Revenue, Capacity and Artist Needs Post Writer's Strike

Visual Effects went from the mad content rush of the CoVid boom to an unprecedented phase of uncertainty and challenge. Massive industry layoffs and deep cuts followed as studios braced for the extended post-production drought. Even after the strikes finished, the industry has been slow to rebound. Superhero projects are flailing. The Amazons and the Netflixes are holding back on new projects - the stock market is demanding profitability over growth - and the result is that VFX studios have had to cut even deeper.

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Case Study: How Blinkmoon Games uses whatifi to predict video game revenue

Blinkmoon Games is a Vancouver-based video game company that specializes in creating immersive, lore-rich, competitive games. Founded in 2021 by VFX veteran Hugh Behroozy, the company was facing the challenge of determining how much funding they needed to launch their first game, as well as how to price it appropriately and staff their team.

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Founder Funding 101™ - Startup Funding, Timing and Runway Guide

Our Bootstrap and Venture Path guide to funding rounds, common raise amounts, timelines and resources.

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