Showing posts with label Cash Flow Management. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cash Flow Management. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

How To Build Cash Flow

Cash Flow has been keeping me awake the last three nights. I am worried I will not be able to make it out of the next three months. There is potential growth at the end, but making it there is what is worrying me. I am limiting my spending and tracking every penny. At this point I need to earn more. That is the hard part.
I have gone back to several prospects to determine a timeline and proposed payments. I know that this will get some money in the door, but it might not be enough. How do you increase revenue? What are the cash cows? I am trying to answer those questions and I juggle everything else.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Cash Flow Mangement

One of the most difficult processes for a start up like myself has been cash flow management. At times it seems like management is an overstatement because there not much there. At other times I don't know how I ever worked in an office. Managing the differences and influxes of money has become a frequent discussion. I have recently taken some steps to help control and curb some of the ups and downs. I first went through all of my expenses and tracked them. I have done this personally and decided to do it with my business expenses. I tracked every penny and then figured out where I was spending my money. I was able to see what I could trim out as well as plan for the next several months. Having the ability to plan gave me a little more control. The process I do not have control over is when my clients pay their invoices. I have thought about implementing an early payment plan, but for now just think I will have to learn to be patient. My bottom line is that I have to make more, and control my costs as I try too. I just need to make sure as I get there I don't run up my cards on the way to the board room.