Overview
Creating an financial plan
This is the fourth in our series of four films on the topic of startup financial forecasting.
This nugget was created by Ben Graziano.
We continue our look at financial forecasting with an introduction to the concept of cash flow and a look at the Cash Flow Statement. If you have not already done so, we recommend that you watch the previous films in this series: Startup Financial Forecasting Part 1/4 – Introduction, Startup Financial Forecasting Part 2/4 – Example Case and Startup Financial Forecasting Part 3/4 – The Profit & Loss Statement before you go on.
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Content:
- Introduction to Cash Flow: 00:06
- The differences between Profit and Cash: 00:52
- The importance of understanding Cash Flow: 01:37
- Building Forecast Flowers’s Cash Flow Statement: 01:51
- The basic Cash Flow Statement: 03:14
- Categorizing the activities on the Cash Flow Statement: 03:40
- An enhanced Cash Flow Statement with subtotals: 4:51
- What is Free Cash Flow?: 5:22
- Managing Cash Flow: 6:50
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