Reading your results
The income statement
Sales minus costs, month by month: that's your profitability. The first months are red — that's normal, and precisely what your financing must cover. The question: when do you turn green?Profit is not cash
A profit on paper can die of a cash hole: a machine paid upfront, customers paying at 60 days. The cash plan follows the MONEY, not the merit. Always look at both.The break-even point
The level of sales where you cover everything: below it you lose, above it you win. THE number to know by heart — it turns "we must sell more" into "we need 84 sales a month".Re-reading your funding need
Now that the plan is complete, look at the cash low point: your real need, computed on YOUR numbers. If it exceeds what you can raise, rework the assumptions — that's what a plan is for.Going deeper
Testing with scenarios
"What if sales come in at −30%?" Duplicate the plan into a scenario, lower the volumes, compare. A plan that survives its cautious scenario is a plan you can defend.Put it into practice on your numbers
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