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Rule of 40 Calculator

Growth rate plus profit margin should exceed 40. It is crude, but it is the first filter a lot of investors apply, so it is worth knowing where you land.

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Result

Rule of 40 score

47

Distance from 40
7

What this means

You clear the bar. Growth and profitability are in a defensible balance.

Questions people ask

Does the Rule of 40 apply early on?+

Not really. Below roughly $1M ARR growth rates are too volatile for it to mean much. It becomes a useful screen at scale.

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