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

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  • 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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  • @yinggao4885
    @yinggao4885 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @aislinnmarcantelli1650
    @aislinnmarcantelli1650 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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!

  • @annehui7492
    @annehui7492 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @rafaelvillalobos9145
    @rafaelvillalobos9145 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Welcome aboard!

  • @alonzolopez6264
    @alonzolopez6264 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Alonzo! Happy 4th!

  • @valv5993
    @valv5993 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    THIS IS GREAT! Thank you!

  • @basbijl
    @basbijl 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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?

  • @dw1784
    @dw1784 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @osamashah1
    @osamashah1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @crazyfarmboys8421
    @crazyfarmboys8421 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very helpful

  • @elisantiago7297
    @elisantiago7297 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @unitedrecycling
    @unitedrecycling 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for being here! Hope it's helpful!

  • @luqmansuhazeli6630
    @luqmansuhazeli6630 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @ali.s227
    @ali.s227 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really appreciate your work

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      thanks for being here!

  • @user-jt2me6gp4g
    @user-jt2me6gp4g 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks, this was very handy and educational...

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So glad!

  • @MasterYourBooks
    @MasterYourBooks ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video & tool!

  • @vishalchopra551
    @vishalchopra551 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does any one have a finished example version of this?

  • @gfernie4
    @gfernie4 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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!

  • @munyanezagodfrey513
    @munyanezagodfrey513 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Please reshare the free template, thank you

  • @MasterYourBooks
    @MasterYourBooks ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Here is our budgeting video! be sure to check out the next videos because we compare a forecast and a budget - th-cam.com/video/jK4D1JeT6iE/w-d-xo.html

    • @MasterYourBooks
      @MasterYourBooks 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @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!

  • @grantwilson3105
    @grantwilson3105 ปีที่แล้ว +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  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @scotolivera8207
    @scotolivera8207 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    when are you planning to start your cfo course?

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @lvrodas23
    @lvrodas23 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @naveenkgeorge2000
    @naveenkgeorge2000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can we consider this as a rolling forecast

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @naveenkgeorge2000
    @naveenkgeorge2000 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hannah can you do a video regarding Budgeting

    • @ClaraCFO
      @ClaraCFO  ปีที่แล้ว

      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  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Here ya go! th-cam.com/video/jK4D1JeT6iE/w-d-xo.html

  • @user-xw5cm1xh2r
    @user-xw5cm1xh2r 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @divyaalok5538
    @divyaalok5538 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    जय श्री राम🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @thiago203
    @thiago203 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    'Promo sm' 🌹