As 2011 winds down, planning next year’s finances should be a priority. And if managing cash flow isn’t hard enough already, by now you should be creating — or perhaps fine-tuning — your projections ...

Financial forecasting gives you critical insights into your business and helps you project future sales and expenses. Let’s look at how you can create your financial projections in Microsoft Excel and ...

My SCORE colleagues and I mentor small businesses that are trying to figure out how to grow their business. One of the first discussion points becomes, what is your current cash flow like and what is ...

Why forecasts are necessities for startups Experts advice on how to be conservative in your forecasts. The cash flow pro forma Business plans and financing proposals are based on projections. Past ...

New challenges and sophisticated technologies are quickly reshaping the role of financial consultants — from AI, cloud services, automation, big data analytics and workforce reshaping to open ...

Cash flow analysis allows you to understand how money moves through your business, helping you get an idea of how much liquidity you have and where you might need to make changes. Your cash flow ...

A business can end a fiscal year showing a solid profit but still find itself out of money. A business owner that focuses too much on profit and not enough on cash flow can be doomed to fail. Receipts ...