The 1 % Lever.
More isn’t growth — here you see it in numbers. The calculator shows how a single percent on margin, productivity and cash timing moves your profit and your liquidity disproportionately. Free. No account. Your numbers stay on your device.
Profit is up. The bank account isn’t.
Most growth decisions target volume. More revenue, more quantity, more market. Volume lifts EBIT — and at the same moment ties up capital in receivables and inventory. So only part of every extra euro of profit reaches the bank in year one: most of it from the price lever, least of it from volume. The calculator shows both side by side — what a lever adds to profit, and how much of it is left as cash.
At a 10 % EBIT margin, five steps of 1 % don’t add up to 5 % — they add up to 27 %. The thinner the margin, the bigger the effect.
What the calculator makes visible.
Why levers don’t add up.
Each lever acts on a different large base — revenue, gross profit, cost base — and all land on the smallest number: EBIT. That is why the same 1 % step lands differently in every company.
That growth eats cash.
1 % on price works on your entire revenue. 1 % on volume works only on gross profit — and ties up receivables and inventory on top. The calculator shows both in the first year, not just profit on paper.
That productivity beats cost-cutting.
+1 % gross profit per staff euro brings more than −1 % staff costs — without a single departure. You see the difference instantly instead of guessing it.
Your own numbers, in 2 minutes.
Five example profiles or your real figures: revenue, materials, labour and overheads, plus debtor, inventory and payment days. Output: EBIT before → after, and the working-capital effect in year one. At the end: “take your result with you”.
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Open the calculator in your browser — no download, no account, no sign-up. Your inputs stay local on your device.
Take the calculator with you.
A single HTML file — works offline, by double-click, without internet. Ideal to run through it with your leadership team or keep it on your own machine.
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You can see the lever. Do you want to pull it?
The calculator shows where the levers are. In a discovery call we work out in 30 minutes which three come first in your company — and whether working with us fits.
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What does the calculator cost?
Nothing. Free forever — online in the browser and as a download. No subscription, no premium tier, no paywall.
Do I need to install anything?
No. The calculator is a single HTML file. Online it runs straight in the browser. Downloaded, you open it with a double-click — fully offline, no internet, no account.
Are my inputs stored anywhere?
No. All calculations run locally in your browser. Your business figures never leave your device and are transmitted nowhere.
Why a form for the download?
You can use the calculator online without anything. For the download file we ask for your email — so we know whom the topic moves and can send you the right next impulse if you want. The newsletter is optional and separate.
Who is the calculator for?
For managing directors, founders and leadership teams in the Mittelstand who sense that “more revenue” doesn’t automatically mean more profit — and certainly not more liquidity.
Where does the calculator come from?
From our Growth Circle module “Math of Leadership”. Running small percentage steps on price, volume, cost and payment terms at the same time is not a new idea — Alan Miltz (Power of One) and Greg Crabtree (Simple Numbers) describe it most clearly, and both are worth reading. We added what leadership work actually needs: the cash effect in year one, and the question behind it — which lever do you pull first, and which one have you been avoiding for years?