Business Planning Resources · Workbook · 12 pages
Business Money Checkup & Action Workbook
A printable workbook for a manual cash snapshot: review your reserves, plan receipts and bills for the next 30 days, follow a worked example, choose three actions and come back for a follow-up review.
Printable PDF workbook · US Letter · 12 pages
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Best for working through a topic step by step. Use it with the matching calculator, or print it for planning offline.
A print-oriented companion to the Business Money Checkup. Work through it with a pen: write down what's in your business account today, separate the money already reserved, map the receipts and bills you expect over the next 30 days, and compare the result with the cushion you choose.
It's a printable PDF, not a fillable form or spreadsheet, and nothing is filled in for you — you enter every figure by hand.
What's inside (12 printable US Letter pages)
- How to use the workbook and what to gather first
- A cash dashboard for your three checkup totals
- A cash snapshot of your accounts and a reserve review
- Expected receipts, commitments and your cushion for the next 30 days
- A worked example and a guide to reading your results
- A 30-day action plan with three focused actions
- A follow-up review comparing your plan with actual cash
This workbook is a cash planning exercise based only on the figures you write in. It isn't financial, tax or accounting advice, and it isn't a substitute for a profit calculation or a full cash-flow forecast.
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