Cash flow

Know where the cash is heading next.

Cash flow is the timing of money in and out of the business. Profit tells you whether the work pays. Cash flow tells you whether you can pay this month. These guides cover forecasting, days sales outstanding, and cost control.

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A completed architectural model is packed in a box for delivery at the end of a studio workday.

Cash flow

Why profitable services businesses still run out of cash

Why profitable services firms still run short of cash, how utilization and collection timing compound, and why a weekly 13-week cash forecast belongs alongside accrual books.

The Visory Team 17 min read

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  • A completed architectural model is packed in a box for delivery at the end of a studio workday.

    Cash flow

    Why profitable services businesses still run out of cash

    Why profitable services firms still run short of cash, how utilization and collection timing compound, and why a weekly 13-week cash forecast belongs alongside accrual books.

    The Visory Team
    17 min read
  • An owner compares three printed reports with charts, laid side by side on a timber table.

    Cash flow

    Cash flow management explained for US businesses

    Learn how cash flow management works, how to forecast cash flow, and practical ways US businesses plan for expenses, payroll and estimated taxes, and growth.

    The Visory Team
    12 min read
  • A founder lays printed pages across a conference table at dusk, beside a closed laptop and coffee cups.

    Cash flow

    What is a cash flow statement?

    What a cash flow statement shows, how operating, investing, and financing cash flows work, and the direct and indirect methods, with a worked example.

    The Visory Team
    5 min read
  • Two architects review a drawing set as one lifts the roof from a house model on their studio table.

    Cash flow

    How to build a cash flow forecast for your architecture firm

    How to build a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast for an architecture practice, mapped to AIA phase billing, biweekly payroll, and reimbursables, with a worked example.

    The Visory Team
    17 min read
  • A designer holds up a print against a wall of visual concepts while two colleagues weigh it up.

    Cash flow

    How to build a cash flow forecast for your creative agency

    How to build a 13-week cash flow forecast for a creative agency around retainers, project milestones, and pass-through costs, and run it weekly.

    The Visory Team
    16 min read
  • A volunteer opens the curtains in a community hall set up with tables and supplies before a morning program.

    Cash flow

    How to build a cash flow forecast for your nonprofit

    How to build a 13-week cash flow forecast for a nonprofit that separates restricted from unrestricted cash, follows grant and reimbursement timing, and turns the weekly review into decisions.

    The Visory Team
    18 min read
  • Two chairs, a closed folder, and an open notebook wait at a round table in a small office meeting room.

    Cash flow

    Cost controls: strategies for keeping your expenses in check

    Practical cost-control strategies that protect your margin without cutting the capacity you need to deliver for customers.

    The Visory Team
    5 min read

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