How to Create a Cash Flow Forecast (in under 20 minutes) {FREE TEMPLATE}

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  • Опубликовано: 28 июн 2023
  • Get your FREE cashflow template here: claracfo.com/cashflow
    Predicting cash flow (aka forecasting cash flow) is one of the most critical tasks any small business owner can do to help their financial stability.
    A good cash flow forecast can help you make decisions, plan ahead for cash shortfalls, scenario plan, and identify financial problems with enough time to make changes!
    Update your cash flow forecast at least monthly for best results!
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    Disclaimer: This video is intended for educational purposes and
    should not be taken as legal or tax advice. You should consult with your financial professionals about your unique financial situation before acting on anything discussed in these videos. Clara CFO Group, LLC is providing educational content to help small business owners become more aware of certain issues and topics, but we cannot give blanket advice to a broad audience.
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Комментарии • 51

  • @KuboConsulting
    @KuboConsulting Час назад +1

    This is a well explained cashflow forcast! Downloaded the file. I will review all the videos.!!

  • @aislinnmarcantelli1650
    @aislinnmarcantelli1650 6 месяцев назад +1

    Wow, thank you so much! Trying to keep the books for our small business and numbers are just not my thing. This was so helpful, understanding what a cash flow is and how to use one, I plan to implement it as part of my weekly routine to hopefully get us on track a bit more and expand my knowledge as s small business owner. Thank you so, so so much!

  • @yinggao4885
    @yinggao4885 2 месяца назад +2

    Extremely helpful videos❤, Hannah you are my mentor, definitely will stay tuned for all your videos!

  • @annehui7492
    @annehui7492 2 месяца назад +1

    Great easy to follow video for me. Your voice is nice to listen to. Appreciate the help.

  • @rafaelvillalobos9145
    @rafaelvillalobos9145 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for helping me to understand what cash flow really is and how to implement cash flow tracking using a workbook. I had been struggling for days trying to grasp the concept, and finally understood what it is thanks to this video and studying the sample workbook. I'm going to drive for Uber, so of course I made my own workbook after studying yours.

  • @mrwah1271
    @mrwah1271 9 месяцев назад +3

    just what I needed right now, concise and well-explained. Subscribed!

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  9 месяцев назад

      Welcome aboard!

  • @dw1784
    @dw1784 11 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you very much. This was a great video! I have watched a few so far and haven't been satisfied that I received the information that I am looking for until I watched this one. Great explanations! I am going to subscribe!

    • @Amigoampang
      @Amigoampang 9 месяцев назад

      Agreed, well done Clara. We will certainty take some program from you some time soon to support you service -Amigo/Saudi

  • @alonzolopez6264
    @alonzolopez6264 Год назад +2

    Hannah your the BEST. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  Год назад

      Thanks Alonzo! Happy 4th!

  • @valv5993
    @valv5993 Месяц назад +1

    THIS IS GREAT! Thank you!

  • @osamashah1
    @osamashah1 8 месяцев назад

    So beautifully explained as beautiful you are. Love you. Keep it up.

  • @unitedrecycling
    @unitedrecycling Год назад +3

    Thank you, beautiful lady! Always a treat to listen and watch your work.

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  Год назад

      Thanks for being here! Hope it's helpful!

  • @elisantiago7297
    @elisantiago7297 6 месяцев назад +1

    Great presentation and I will recommend you to business in my network.

  • @jennabantjes3077
    @jennabantjes3077 20 дней назад

    Thank you for this! You may have saved our business (and my marriage)

  • @luqmansuhazeli6630
    @luqmansuhazeli6630 Год назад +1

    Tq Soo much . I am 16. a form 4. student of accounting.

  • @crazyfarmboys8421
    @crazyfarmboys8421 6 месяцев назад +2

    Very helpful

  • @basbijl
    @basbijl 9 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks, great video, curious to know how now to adjust it to cater to receiving sales payments within 60 days, do I need to shift the revenue cells to the right?

  • @user-jt2me6gp4g
    @user-jt2me6gp4g 9 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks, this was very handy and educational...

  • @ali.s227
    @ali.s227 5 месяцев назад +1

    Really appreciate your work

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  5 месяцев назад

      thanks for being here!

  • @MasterYourBooks
    @MasterYourBooks Год назад +2

    Great video & tool!

  • @vishalchopra551
    @vishalchopra551 Месяц назад +1

    Hi Clara one Question how can we adjust it for in a big organizations where weekly payrolls and the working capital changes gets involved

  • @isabrinah
    @isabrinah 8 месяцев назад

    Does any one have a finished example version of this?

  • @gfernie4
    @gfernie4 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for your video, really helpful :) I understand including all outflows to the spreadsheet because a lot of them are fixed (the same every month) so we can always account for those type of outflows as a way to project future expenses and how that impacts cash flow. I have a hard time figuring how to include AR as inflows on cash flow as a general contractor, we have payment terms that we need to deal with and consider but how can we incorporate AR into cash flow given that we may not know when exactly that cash will be coming in? also, we have AP vendors to pay of which most are paid once we are paid.. how do we incorporate AP costs to cash flow when paying these vendors is dependent on our payment? I guess in summary, my questions are around including AP/AP sources to cash flow given that they are not fixed or date specific. Does anyone have a template or system they use in the construction industry? We are a small business. Thanks!

  • @lvrodas23
    @lvrodas23 6 месяцев назад

    The formulas are not working. I downloaded the template, changed my expense titles and revenue titles, started plugging numbers and it is only taking account of what I put on the first line of my expense and cash at beginning of period; that is the only math that is working, none of the other cells are computing but it does show they have formulas plugged in.

  • @grantwilson3105
    @grantwilson3105 Год назад +3

    This is a good explanation. However I would argue this should be daily rather than monthly. It was the first thing I updated every morning after downloading the bank balances.

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  Год назад +2

      Hmm - curious why you would need daily? I think it would be hard to keep track of daily cash flow in excel because of the detail needed. It could get very tedious.

    • @grantwilson3105
      @grantwilson3105 Год назад +2

      @@ClaraCFO I set up the cashflow spreadsheet looking 6 months into the future. Put in all loan repayments, wages estimates, creditors estimates, payroll estimates etc. Then update it each day. I did this for 3 or 4 companies over 10 years and never ran out of cash.

  • @MasterYourBooks
    @MasterYourBooks Год назад +2

    Many smbs get confused between cash flow forecast & budget & the importance of both..do u have a video comparing the 2.

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  Год назад +1

      I don't, but I think we will get more into budgeting in Q4 as it aligns with our internal initiatives.

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  9 месяцев назад +1

      Here is our budgeting video! be sure to check out the next videos because we compare a forecast and a budget - ruclips.net/video/jK4D1JeT6iE/видео.html

    • @MasterYourBooks
      @MasterYourBooks 9 месяцев назад

      @ClaraCFO thats going to be an AWESOME topic as many SMBs confuse one over the other. Excited to see your explanation of budget vs forecast. Excellent topic!

  • @munyanezagodfrey513
    @munyanezagodfrey513 Месяц назад

    Please reshare the free template, thank you

  • @scotolivera8207
    @scotolivera8207 Год назад

    I have read the simple numbers book , and i have searched the channel for another great book recommendation but couldn’t find find it

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  Год назад

      what kind of book recommendation would you like? We have 9 great book recommendations on our shorts if you want to check those out!

  • @nazcpatax
    @nazcpatax Год назад +3

    when are you planning to start your cfo course?

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  Год назад +1

      Ha - you mean how to be a CFO? I have some course ideas, but I want to know what's going to be the most helpful for people first.

    • @evidencechinaemenma7005
      @evidencechinaemenma7005 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@ClaraCFO Kindly share the course ideas. Thank you

  • @naveenkgeorge2000
    @naveenkgeorge2000 Год назад +2

    Hannah can you do a video regarding Budgeting

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  Год назад

      I'll be working on one! We have a profit planning workshop that goes through the budgeting process here if you don't want to wait: learn.claracfo.com/profit-planning-workshop-reach-your-goals-in-2022?coupon=OVNQ5SG

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  9 месяцев назад

      Here ya go! ruclips.net/video/jK4D1JeT6iE/видео.html

  • @naveenkgeorge2000
    @naveenkgeorge2000 Год назад +1

    Can we consider this as a rolling forecast

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  Год назад

      This is a rolling cash forecast. It isn't a rolling P&L forecast. I think it matters what you are trying to forecast to answer that question.

  • @user-xw5cm1xh2r
    @user-xw5cm1xh2r 3 месяца назад

    Why did you take material and labor in revenue? These are expenses

  • @divyaalok5538
    @divyaalok5538 7 месяцев назад +1

    जय श्री राम🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @thiago203
    @thiago203 Год назад

    'Promo sm' 🌹