Free calculator for event rental owners

Can you afford to hire a new crew lead?

A crew lead lets you run more events on a peak weekend. The pay starts before the season, and the extra events bring cash weeks later.

Cash in the bank today$ Cash the business adds each month now$ Monthly cost of the new crew lead, with taxes and benefits$ Months until the new crew lead brings in revenuemonths Extra revenue per month after that$ Payroll per run today (for the safe line)$

Lowest cash, next 12 months

Cost before they pay off

wages paid before new revenue starts

Paid back by

month the hire covers its own cost

Month	Without the hire	With the hire

The starting numbers are an example for an event rental company. Replace them with yours.

The worked example

Here a new crew lead costs $4,200 a month and starts bringing in $6,500 a month after 2 months. The business pays $8,400 before the hire covers a dollar of it.

How to make the hire safer in an event rental company

Hire for peak weekends you have already booked.
Use seasonal labor for setup and teardown.
Start the hire a few weeks before the season so they are trained in time.

See every hire in your forecast

One Page CFO adds the hire to your 13-week forecast and shows the tightest week before you commit.

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