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RESOURCES / A CLEARER STARTING POINT

Good decisions start
with better questions.

Use these tools and questions to review your numbers, plan ahead, and prepare for conversations with your advisor.

Explore the cash planning tool

Simple starting points for business owners.

A LITTLE MORE CLARITY

Prepare for your
next review.

Use these short guides to prepare for a conversation with your bookkeeper or advisor.

01 / MONTHLY CHECK-IN

Make sense of the month.

Compare revenue and expenses with recent periods. Look for meaningful changes, check outstanding invoices, and identify the questions behind unusual transactions.

Questions to bring to your review
  • What changed from last month, and why?
  • Which invoices are outstanding or overdue?
  • Are there transactions that need context?
  • What decisions are coming up next month?
02 / CASH VISIBILITY

See what's ahead.

Profit and cash answer different questions. Review the timing of expected receipts and upcoming payments to understand what your cash balance may need to cover.

Questions to explore
  • When are the next payroll, vendor, and tax payments due?
  • Which customer payments are expected, and when?
  • What expenses are fixed and which can change?
  • How much room is there for the next decision?
03 / BETTER SYSTEMS

Find the friction.

Before adding another tool, look at how information moves through your business. A clear process makes it easier to decide what to improve or automate.

Questions to map the work
  • Where is the same information entered twice?
  • Which handoffs are easy to miss?
  • Who checks the work before a decision is made?
  • What should happen when something goes wrong?

A SIMPLE PLANNING TOOL

Give your cash
some context.

Estimate how many months a cash balance could cover a steady monthly outflow. Enter estimates to explore a scenario.

This simple estimate does not include future income, changing expenses, debt payments, taxes, or other obligations. It is educational, not financial or tax advice. Discuss decisions with your qualified advisors.

ILLUSTRATIVE CASH RUNWAY

Try the numbers.

Enter estimates to calculate a simple starting point.

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the whole picture?

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