VelocityOS · Tool 04

Cost of Inaction Projector.

What it costs to leave the system as it is. One year. Three years. Five. Brutal compounding math, drawn against your number.

3 inputs 5-year horizon 1 board-ready chart

What is drag costing you today?

Put in your best estimate of annual drag cost: lost productivity, slow decisions, rework, capacity wasted on coordination instead of work. If you don't know the number, start with 8% of revenue. That's the conservative floor in founder-led businesses.

Current annual drag cost ($) Conservative default: 8% of revenue.

Annual growth rate of the problem 12%

Drag compounds. Each year wasted teaches the team to work around the system instead of fixing it. 12% is typical. Aggressive growth phase: 20% or more.

Cumulative cost of doing nothing

Year 1

$250k

Year 3

$842k

Year 5

$1.59M

5-year compound burn $1.59M What it costs to keep the system exactly the way it is right now.

The number above is the price of waiting.

Drag doesn't sit still. Each year you delay, the team learns the workarounds, the workarounds become culture, and the culture becomes the ceiling. Five years from now you're not paying year-one prices. You're paying year-five prices on a system you could have rebuilt for a fraction.

See which type of drag is hitting hardest: Open the Drag Radar →