5 Things Your Startup Needs To Do To Better Manage Cash Flow

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When it comes to building and managing a small business, entrepreneurs must keep a close eye on key financial figures and figure out how much they’re spending and what costs they should trim down to ensure the success of their startup. Cash flow, in particular, is the blood that keeps a business alive, giving you a bird’s eye view of your company’s performance.

Just think about it. If you don’t have enough of it, then you may encounter problems paying your suppliers and your employees and maintaining your inventory. If you have an excess of available funds, then you may not be making the right investments, thus affecting your ability to scale your business and take it to the next level.

So, how can you reach the perfect balance? Here are five things you need to do to manage your cash flow more effectively.

1. Prepare a Cash Flow Statement

Before you can dive into performing an analysis, you need to create the cash flow statement first. This document will give you a comprehensive view of the amount of cash flow that pours into your business and how much you’re spending. Make sure to include everything in this statement, from your current operations costs to investments and financing activities.

Because keeping track of all this data can be a job in itself, a cash flow calculator can be quite handy for most entrepreneurs. Fortunately, with various financial tools that are available, you can quickly find out where your startup stands and determine what you need to do to maintain the business engine running.

2. Keep a Cash Reserve

Your purpose as a business owner is to scale your startup. As such, you need to keep tabs on inventory and gradually increase it. That may lead to periods when you don’t have enough funds to maintain your operations, and you must look for financing solutions. While this scenario is not ideal, it doesn’t have to mean the end of your business.

However, if you want to build a sustainable business, you should focus on increasing your cash flow gradually. So, plan everything accordingly and try to figure out what your startup needs before you run into a problem. Always keep a cash reserve for situations when you don’t have enough funds to maintain your operations.

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Ian