---
title: "Timing Cashflows of Your Sales Commissions and Your Customers"
description: "Learn how to align sales commission payouts with customer payments to protect startup cash flow. Key strategies to avoid $200k+ quarterly burn increases."
categories: ["sales"]
keywords: ["Theory Ventures","venture capital","sales commissions","cash flow management","startup finance","customer payments","financial strategy","Tomasz Tunguz"]
ai_summary: "Discover strategies to align sales commission payouts with customer payments to maintain healthy cash flow in startups."
date: 2026-04-30
lastmod: 2026-07-30
canonical_url: https://www.tomtunguz.com/timing-sales-cashflows/
author: "Tomasz Tunguz"
---