Accurate forecasting gives startups the clarity to price well, manage cash flow, and prepare for growth. This session helps entrepreneurs calculate total costs, breakeven points, and pricing strategies that sustain profitability.
What the class covers
- Build a simple yet robust financial forecast.
- Calculate breakeven and pricing thresholds.
- Identify cost drivers and financial risks.
What you will work through
- Runway, and how many months of cash an owner actually holds
- Fixed cost against variable cost: one sets the hurdle, the other sets the height
- Contribution margin, and break-even in units, in revenue, and in days
- A pro-forma built twice, once expected and once conservative
- Sensitivity: why a ten percent discount raises break-even twenty-two percent
- Pricing floor, target, ceiling, and the walk-away condition
- Profit velocity, and the four quadrants that show where the money really is
What you take home
- Your completed participant workbook, which is the deliverable
- The worked example handout, carried end to end
- The profit velocity handout
- A thirty-day commitment you write yourself
Who this class is for
Startup founders and small business owners who want confidence in their numbers when making decisions or approaching banks and investors.