Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Do your own cash flow projection

One of the recurring issues that I see from clients is the “I seem to be making money, but don’t have any money” scenario. This is not uncommon. One of the biggest issues small businesses face is managing their cash flow. To many entrepreneurs, it is also one of the more intimidating aspects of a business. Cash flow is different than just looking at a profit and loss statement. Cash flow statements show money coming in the business and money going out of the business, in real time. The best way to find out where your money is going is to put together a cash flow projection.
Below is a link to our Business Tools. One of the tools is a financial worksheet that you can use to create a cash flow projection. Simply fill out the yellow fields in the “income statement” tab and it will auto calculate the cash flow projection. If you need any help in doing this, give me a call or email.
http://www.volstate.edu/tsbdc/tools.html

The TSBDC offers free and confidential one-on-one counseling for existing and start up small businesses. To register for go to www.tsbdc.org.Other contact information - Phone (615) 230-4780 www.volstate.edu/tsbdcThe Tennessee Small Business Development Center Network is funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration and local community donors.

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