It doesn’t matter how big your profit margins are, if you run out of cash, your business runs out of road.

And this is depressingly easy to do if what you track is a level – the amount of money in the bank – rather than how money flows through your bank account.

All it takes to bring your business down is an unexpected mismatch between when money comes into your business and when it leaves.

The first step towards controlling the flow of cash through your business is to map those flows.

A simple way to do that is with a spreadsheet.

If this is one of the things that stops you taking a break from your business, see my latest newsletter for how to set yours up: https://thedisappearingboss.kit.com/posts/how-will-i-know-my-business-is-doing-ok-while-i-m-away-another-one-for-the-weekend