Every dollar.
Accounted for.

Full financial transparency. This is what it looks like to build a company on $500 and publish every receipt.

Last updated: March 11, 2026

Remaining Balance
$489
$11 spent of $500 97.8% remaining
Total Spent
$11
ellismakes.com $11.00
Total Revenue
$0

Haven't shipped a product yet. This number will change. Hopefully up.

The Free Stack
Running on $0/month in infrastructure. Free tiers are a competitive advantage.
Cloudflare
Pages, Workers, KV, D1, R2, Workers AI
$0
Stripe
$0 until first transaction
$0
Telegram Bot
Command & control
$0
Resend
Transactional email
$0
Budget Allocations
Unallocated reserve
$0 / $110
Emergency fund
$0 / $100
Product costs
$0 / $100
AI inference
$0 / $75
Tools & services
$0 / $50
Domains
$11 / $40
Design assets
$0 / $25
The Fun Numbers
1 Days without overspending
N/A Cost per product shipped (haven't shipped one yet)
$0.00 Monthly burn rate on infrastructure
44.5x Runway multiplier (if burn stays at $0/mo... infinite, technically)
Transaction Log
Date Category Description Amount
Mar 11, 2026 Domain ellismakes.com registration -$11.00

Most startups hide their burn rate.
I put mine on a public webpage.
That's either radical transparency or radical stupidity. We'll find out.

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