Decision economics for founders

Every decision has three prices. You're only looking at one.

Make the call that costs least. Claim the credits you're owed.

In 12 seconds InboundGold shows founders the true cost of every decision — the cash, the hours, and the trust it spends — then finds the free tech credits you're leaving on the table.
The framework

The P&L shows one cost. Good founders price all three.

Most advice stops at "consider opportunity cost." We measure it — plus the two costs no spreadsheet tracks.

01

Explicit cost

The cash out the door: invoices, salaries, software, ad spend. It's the only cost your accountant sees.

02

Implicit cost

What you give up to do it. Your hours, your team's focus, and the return of the next-best option you didn't choose.

03

Social cost

The trust a decision spends with your team, customers, investors, and community. Invisible today, expensive next quarter.

Free tool

Price a decision in 60 seconds

Use your best guesses. A rough true cost beats an exact wrong one.

What an hour of your time produces when spent on your best work.
If you put the same money and hours elsewhere, what would it return?
0 = no one notices · 10 = team, customers or investors lose confidence.
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Explicit$0
Implicit$0
Social$0
True cost
$0
Expected return$0
Economic profit$0

Social cost is estimated as up to half of the cash and hours at stake, scaled by the trust slider. It's a rule of thumb to make an invisible cost visible — not an accounting figure.

Free tech credit audit

You don't need another list of 800 perks. You need to know which ones are yours.

Perk directories hand you homework. We check your actual stack, tell you what you qualify for, when it expires, and how much runway it adds.

Quick check — which of these do you use or plan to use?

Tick what you use to see the published credit ceiling.

Figures are each program's published maximum. Eligibility depends on stage, funding, and prior usage — the audit tells you what you'd actually get.

How the audit works

Four steps. One page you can act on.

Tell us your stack

A 3-minute form. No logins, no access to your accounts.

We match programs

Every cloud, SaaS, and nonprofit program you may qualify for.

You get the ledger

Itemized credits, eligibility, expiry dates, and runway gained.

Claim with us or solo

Follow the steps yourself, or have us run the applications.

For founders & companies

Decision sessions + credit audit

Bring your hardest open decision. Leave with its true cost priced out, and the credits that extend your runway.

Start free
For nonprofits

More than $125,000 a year in free tech

Google, Microsoft, AWS and more — not just the Ad Grant. We find, apply for, and keep them compliant.

See the nonprofit program
Free · No obligation

Get your credit audit

You'll get your ledger by email. No sales sequence.

Questions

Is the audit really free?

Yes. You get the itemized ledger whether or not you hire us. Paid work only starts if you ask us to run the applications or a decision session.

Do you need access to my accounts?

No. The audit is built from what you tell us about your stack, stage, and structure.

Where do the credit figures come from?

Each provider's published program maximum. Actual amounts depend on eligibility, which is what the audit confirms.

What's a "social cost," exactly?

The goodwill a decision spends — a layoff that shakes the remaining team, a price change that annoys loyal customers, a missed promise to an investor. It rarely shows up on a P&L, but it shows up in retention, referrals, and your next raise.