[{"content":"\u0026hellip;but it\u0026rsquo;s not what you think. Let me explain. This is the first post with this new page and the experience in setting this up was really good.\nI\u0026rsquo;ve heard about Hugo and Jekyll before but never really bothered what they are and how they work. Since setting up a new personal website was part of my plan for this year anyways, I dedicated one weekend to do so. I already had some experience in setting up simple HTML pages for API calls, so the initial plan was to use multiple iterations of ChatGPT back \u0026amp; forth to step-by-step refine the new personal page.\nIt turns out, ChatGPT quite sucks in setting up a page from scratch despite multiple rounds of prompt engineering and even when using it to adjust pre-made HTML \u0026amp; CSS templates it never really gets it right. Apart from that, hosting all contents \u0026amp; html pages in my small VPC turned out to be quite cumbersome regarding maintenance and updating new page contents. After seeing the Hugo Papermod being used by a former colleague I decided to give it a shot\u0026hellip;\nWhy I love Hugo It was really easy to install using the scoop package manager. It uses markdown, which is really easy to use and already known from Juypter notebooks and readme files During setup and new page creation you get live updates, when opening a browser window with localhost:1313 next to your edits because hugo server will recognize changes after each change and automatically update your page. I was still able to customize the gallery with vanilla HTML, CSS \u0026amp; JS. Updating with GitHub workflows works really well and it\u0026rsquo;s cool to know, that after each push the page is live instantly. I\u0026rsquo;m sure there\u0026rsquo;s many more things, but these are the ones that came to my mind after setting up this site within a couple of hours during the weekend.\n","permalink":"https://sachstimo.github.io/posts/20250208_hugo/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"but-its-not-what-you-think-let-me-explain\"\u003e\u0026hellip;but it\u0026rsquo;s not what you think. Let me explain.\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first post with this new page and the experience in setting this up was really good.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;ve heard about Hugo and Jekyll before but never really bothered what they are and how they work. Since setting up a new personal website was part of my plan for this year anyways, I dedicated one weekend to do so.\nI already had some experience in setting up simple HTML pages for API calls, so the initial plan was to use multiple iterations of ChatGPT back \u0026amp; forth to step-by-step refine the new personal page.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"I love Hugo..."},{"content":" This is a repost of an article I originally wrote for the Wayra blog during my time as VC analyst. You can find the original article here.\nShoutout to my former colleague Erik Hafner who helped a lot in creating the template.\nIn the meantime I\u0026rsquo;ve actually received feedback from 2-3 startups that they successfully used this template during their funding rounds with VCs, which is super cool.\nFinancial Planning Templates for Startups The template follows a top-down approach, where you can set your revenue target at the end of the third forecast year. Based on your inputs in the respective sheets (like planned headcount, costs, and annual contract value), it will calculate the necessary customers you’ll need to acquire to achieve your revenue target.\nUnfortunately, it will never be possible to create a one-size-fits-all template, so feel free to modify whatever you like. Be careful around overly complicated formulas—but you can always download this template anew in case you break something and don\u0026rsquo;t know how to fix it.\nA big thank you to my colleague Erik Hafner for implementing the basic logic and structure.\nTogether with the Pitch Deck Template, this will complete your funding round prep package.\nHow to Use This Template This template contains the following sheets:\nIntro Guide (also pasted below) Summary: Overview of all key metrics and drivers Assumptions: Reiterate the inputs for the three different scenarios to adapt your plan Sales Pipeline: Fill the leads \u0026amp; customers you already have to enable more accurate planning Headcount Planning: Fill in your current employees and future hiring plan Costs: Consolidated headcount costs (from headcount planning) and monthly expenses Financial Statement: Comprehensive overview of P\u0026amp;L and basic cashflows Step 1: Sales Pipeline Add your current customers to the list (feel free to replace the dummy leads as needed) Enter the respective lead status Add first contact date (for sales cycle calculation) Add PoC/Trial start date Add PoC/Trial volume Add contract start date Add cancellation date (if applicable) Add annual contract value PoC length and the respective sales cycle are calculated automatically and added to the assumptions as reference Ensure that the formulas on the right side of your new/existing customer are filled in to enable the correct calculation Add your generated leads in the historic period to the sales pipeline in cells P9 to AA9 to calculate the conversion rate If you don\u0026rsquo;t enter any leads (e.g., for 2023), no MRR/additional customers will be planned; you will still get the output of the additional customers needed to reach your ARR target Step 2: Headcount Planning Add the general info of your employees in cells B47+ to H47+ Column B: Customizable with (code) names of the employees Column C: Add the position/title of the employee; ensure correct spelling for accurate attribution to line items To add a new employee, fill out the pre-filled lines; if you need to add a new line, drag down from rows above The Job Title is attributed automatically to the given category in the Headcount Planning and Cost sheet; please double-check Column D: Allocate salary costs to a financial statement line item (only four categories available) Columns E to I: Add hiring date, end date (if applicable), annual gross salary, salary raise percentage, and raise date Monthly salary (including non-wage labor cost and applicable raises) is calculated automatically for the Headcount Planning and Costs Sheet Change categories via: Right-click on a tab → Unhide sheets → Dropdown Lists Step 3: Costs Check if personnel costs from the headcount planning are displayed correctly and attributed to a category Headcount cost values are shown cumulatively for all employees with the same title Add historic non-personnel costs in cells P45 to AA49 Copy and paste costs for one month over 12 months You can add additional line items, but ensure they are attributed to a P\u0026amp;L line item (G\u0026amp;A, COGS, etc.); check sums afterward Step 4: Assumptions 4.1 Revenue Assumptions Edit the start date of your forecast (e.g., 01.01.2022) This template supports three scenarios (low, base, high)—fill in assumptions for each Green values next to assumptions are references based on your inputs The ARR target at the end of year 3 is the most important driver Add your sales cycle data Add your Annual Contract Value (ACV): e.g., for B2B SaaS, 1 customer with 25 licenses for 10€/month * 12 months = €3,000 Add non-recurring revenue info (PoC/Trial length, avg. volume, percentage of customers doing trials before contracts) 4.2 Monthly (Non-)Personnel Cost Assumptions Enter estimated non-wage labor costs for personnel Add monthly non-personnel spend 4.3 Cashflow Add your cashflow calculation figures DSO (Days Sales Outstanding): Average days customers take to pay bills (default: 45 days) DPO (Days Payables Outstanding): Average days to pay bills (default: 30 days) Interest rate on debt: Add your interest payments to the financial statement Tax Rate: Country-specific, but 25-30% is a reasonable assumption Step 5: Financial Statements Scroll to row 77 to add planned/unplanned D\u0026amp;A if necessary Add interest expenses in row 84 (future debt payments are auto-calculated) Add starting working capital in P99-AA102 (current accounts receivable + short-term assets - accounts payable) Leaving initial working capital figures empty is okay Add accounts receivables \u0026amp; payables for the historical period; future values are auto-calculated Add planned issuance of equity and debt repayments as absolute values in P110-BK112 Step 6: Reiterate \u0026amp; Check the Summary After filling in data \u0026amp; assumptions, review the assumptions sheet to ensure values make sense In the summary tab, select scenarios (low, base, high) for which values were entered Customize charts by selecting displayed variables via the dropdown in each top-left corner Step 7: Play Around, Have Fun, and Break Things! You can always download this template anew if needed!\nDisclaimer This model may still contain errors and lead to misleading calculations about your business. Wayra does not take any responsibility for financial damages incurred by using this model! Use this template at your own risk!\n","permalink":"https://sachstimo.github.io/posts/20211221_wayrafpt/","summary":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a repost of an article I originally wrote for the Wayra blog during my time as VC analyst. You can find the original article \u003ca href=\"https://www.wayra.de/blog/build-financial-plan-for-your-investors-meeting\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShoutout to my former colleague \u003ca href=\"linkedin.com/in/erik-hafner\"\u003eErik Hafner\u003c/a\u003e who helped a lot in creating the template.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the meantime I\u0026rsquo;ve actually received feedback from 2-3 startups that they successfully used this template during their funding rounds with VCs, which is super cool.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"financial-planning-templates-for-startups\"\u003eFinancial Planning Templates for Startups\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe template follows a \u003cstrong\u003etop-down approach\u003c/strong\u003e, where you can set your revenue target at the end of the third forecast year. Based on your inputs in the respective sheets (like planned headcount, costs, and annual contract value), it will calculate the necessary customers you’ll need to acquire to achieve your revenue target.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Repost: Financial Planning Templates for Startups"},{"content":"Hi! I am Timo,\nI am currently working as a Solutions Engineer at Taktile in their Berlin office, where I help translate customer business objectives into high-impact risk solutions, deliver value-focused demos, and lead technical evaluations that convert prospects into customers.\nBefore moving to Berlin, I studied Business Analytics learning as much as possible about the inner workings of AI and how to apply AI/ML and cloud solutions to real business problems to solve them by building great data products and prototypes.\nBefore coming to Barcelona, I worked for over 1,5 years as Management Consultant for Data \u0026amp; Analytics in Germany and got the chance to rotate through nine different departments at Telefónica in Munich and Madrid during my previous studies, building on a M.Sc. in Finance \u0026amp; Accounting and a Bachelor in Business Administration.\nI love to ride my bike 🚴‍♂️ and capture unique moments, landscapes or architectures with my camera/phone 📷.\nReach out if you\u0026rsquo;re in Berlin or are interest in connecting!\nTopics of Interest Machine Learning Data Architectures Explainable AI (XAI) Knowledge Graphs Fraud Detection\nMy current tech stack VSCode Claude Code Cursor git uv Docker Notion Perplexity Warp\nWorked (a lot) with Excel PowerBI AWS Python Beautiful Soup Streamlit Flask\nPlayed around with GCP Docker SQL Knime HTML/CSS/JS Supabase Postgres Azure Briefer\nI am currently working on My master thesis combining traditional XAI methods like SHAP and Counterfactuals with LLMs to generate model decision explanations in easy-to-understand natural language and creating a comprehensive evaluation framework to assess the generated explanation quality\nTechnical evaluations for enterprise prospects evaluating decision intelligence platforms\nBuilding solution prototypes and conducting POVs for credit underwriting, customer onboarding and fraud detection risk management use cases\nDeveloping reusable demo assets and technical templates to scale pre-sales excellence across the Solutions Engineering team\nFormer projects Data Science \u0026amp; Analytics\nBuilt a churn prediction/policy downgrade model for a global insurance company (Esade Capstone project)\nLead team of 10 Data \u0026amp; Analytics consultants at 180 Degrees Barcelona across different projects (e.g. developing a webscraping module for supplier ESG data incl. company classification using a LLM for a sustainability reporting startup)\nReview analyzer to pull reviews from Google MyBusiness API with OpenAI sentiment analysis.\nStreamlit dashboard to visualize customer churn probability for telco customers with adjustable business case \u0026amp; prediction parameters.\n(Trying to) predict startup investment sucess using XGBoost, SVM and Logistic Regression.\nFP\u0026amp;A\nStartup Financial Planning Tool - Top-down business plan for SaaS startup to calculate the number of required users in order to reach ARR target.\nCreated a post-merger financial planning template to plan and break down revenue and cost targets across new business divisions and regions\nTinkering around\n\u0026ldquo;Song of the Day\u0026rdquo;: Song recommender based on current mood using Spotify API.\nSecret Santa Emailer: Helper program to automate assignment and invitation emails.\nBuilding a PowerBI dashboard with automated data inputs through MS Forms to visualize our internal game statistics for playing Uno.\nThese projects are also partially available on my GitHub. Feel free to have a look and reach out!\nFavorite Resources An affiliate-free collection of my favorite tools, websites and books I use or read regularly.\nTools🛠️ - not sponsored\nBriefer to create quick \u0026amp; easy dashboard (will be sunset in November 2025 unfortunately) Komoot for planning bike, hiking or any outdoor tours Arc, the best web browser out there (at least until the release of Comet) Parquet to track finances and investments Money Manager to track daily expenses PPT Quickaccess Bar - right click +save link as... *.exportedUI | how-to Websites🌐\nTransformers Explained for a great overview of the transformer architecture Books📖\nMedidations for Mortals - Oliver Burkeman Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Algorithms to Live By - Brian Christian \u0026amp; Tom Griffiths The First Minute - Chris Fenning The Neverending Story - Michael Ende ","permalink":"https://sachstimo.github.io/about/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eHi! I am Timo,\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am currently working as a \u003cstrong\u003eSolutions Engineer\u003c/strong\u003e at \u003ca href=\"www.taktile.com\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003eTaktile\u003c/code\u003e\u003c/a\u003e in their Berlin office, where I help translate customer business objectives into high-impact risk solutions, deliver value-focused demos, and lead technical evaluations that convert prospects into customers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore moving to Berlin, I studied \u003cstrong\u003eBusiness Analytics\u003c/strong\u003e learning as much as possible about the inner workings of AI and how to apply AI/ML and cloud solutions to real business problems to solve them by building great data products and prototypes.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"About"},{"content":"LinkedIn\ntimosachs[at]outlook.de\n","permalink":"https://sachstimo.github.io/contact/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/timo-sachs/\"\u003eLinkedIn\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\ntimosachs[at]outlook.de\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Contact"}]