Bill.com Integration with CashFlowTool

Nov 10, 2020 1:50:28 PM

Many customers using Bill.com have asked about how it integrates with CashFlowTool and so we have prepared a video to show you the best practice for including and integrating.  Enjoy and let us know how it's working for you!

By Dave Fester

We Stand for Small Business

Oct 1, 2020 3:46:38 PM

We started our company with a passion to radically improve (and automate) the lending process for banks and in the course of doing so, we realized we could help small businesses everywhere with one of the most important things they care about most - cash flow.

By Dave Fester

Taking a peek inside the minds of small business owners

May 27, 2020 11:27:17 AM

What financial topics are on the minds of small businesses right now?  To find out, I recently surveyed clients and friends, asking them to rate their areas of concern. While the results are not scientific, they are quite interesting.

By Scott Gregory (Guest Blogger)

Covid-19 Business Help #5: Perform cash break-even analysis

Apr 16, 2020 10:15:13 PM

Break-even analysis has long been used in the context of companies identifying how to become profitable or determining pricing strategies for new products and services.

By Justin Pulgrano

Covid-19 Business Help #4: Calculate and forecast your cash burn rate

Apr 16, 2020 4:45:08 PM

In the uncertain times that have come with the Covid-19 crisis, understanding cash burn rate could be the difference between your business' survival and salary cuts, layoffs or business closure. Cash has always been king, but that statement is even more true today.

By Justin Pulgrano

Covid-19 Business Help #3: Stress-test your P&L

Apr 16, 2020 3:14:28 PM

With the Covid-19 crisis affecting businesses everywhere, you need to stress-test your P&L to determine what your business can handle to survive.  This consists of running a series of mission critical what-if scenarios to help plan your cash flow future.

By Dave Fester

Covid-19 Business Help #2: Review your future income

Apr 16, 2020 2:26:25 PM

With the Covid-19 crisis affecting businesses everywhere, you probably have experienced a drop in income.  In this blog we will discuss how you can review and forecast your future income and combined with the expense planning, you will effectively know your complete cash flow picture.

By Dave Fester

Covid-19 Business Help #1: Evaluate your expenses NOW

Apr 16, 2020 12:46:15 PM

With the Covid-19 crisis affecting businesses everywhere, it is now more important than ever to manage and plan your cash flow.   It starts with a methodology of evaluating your expenses immediately.

By Dave Fester

Never be surprised by expenses!

Feb 25, 2020 1:57:32 PM

Have you ever been surprised by expenses?  For my personal expenses, I spend time knowing what they are, whether I need them and what the future will look like.   Businesses need to do the same and CashFlowTool makes it easy.

By Dave Fester

7 Cash Flow Tips Every Business Owner Needs

Jan 23, 2020 8:19:21 AM

Every business knows that cash is king, yet an alarming number of businesses (only 33%) don’t even use a tech platform, tool or app to manage their cash flow¹.   Here are 7 practical tips that every business owner should use to help with their cash flow.

By Dave Fester

CashFlowTool - New Product Features Sept 2019

Sep 18, 2019 4:36:43 PM

This month, we have released 3 super cool new features in CashFlowTool that we hope you find really useful based on your feedback.  Enjoy and keep the feedback coming!

By Dave Fester

5 Mistakes to Avoid in Your Business Cash Flow Management

Sep 17, 2019 3:54:27 PM

It’s so true…

Cash flow is the lifeblood of your business! (ask the thousands who failed without it)

Given that, I’d like to share insights with you to avoid these mistakes as you work with this precious commodity each business day…

By Scott Gregory (Guest Blogger)

CashFlowTool - New Product Features Aug 2019

Aug 14, 2019 8:14:45 AM

CashFlowTool continues to make improvements to the product based directly your feedback.  Our latest improvements let you make the most of the interactive chart and work in the customer/vendor views. and also give you a new way to discover and get help on concepts and features. 

By Michael Patten

Interactive Chart Tips & Tricks

Jul 11, 2019 3:16:14 PM

Make the most of the breakthrough new interactive visual chart with this month's tips and tricks.

By Dave Fester

What If Scenarios: CashFlowTool makes it easy

Jul 10, 2019 4:49:23 PM

So you have used CashFlowTool to predict and manage your future cash flow forecast.  How do you fine tune the forecast?  How do you create a few what if scenarios?  It's easy...

By Dave Fester

All new Interactive Chart Forecast:  Visualize your future today!

Jun 11, 2019 9:19:00 AM

We went back to the drawing board and came up with a completely reimagined way to view your future cash flow forecast.  It lets you visualize your future forecast in ways you never imagined.  Once you see it, you will never want to go back to static forecasting again.

By Michael Patten

How to select the right clients for cash flow services

Jun 10, 2019 3:35:10 PM

Helping your clients understand, manage and forecast cash flow is critical to their success. This also represents a significant opportunity for you to expand your capabilities and service offerings.

But where do you start? And most importantly, which clients do you start with?

By Justin Pulgrano

Even in a cash business, cash can be tight

Jun 10, 2019 1:54:35 PM

It’s amazing how cash can slip through the fingers of even the most frugal small business owner. It just happens without you realizing it.

By Dave Fester

Now is the best time for a quarterly business review

May 2, 2019 2:05:17 PM

What better time to assess the state of your business than right after your busiest time of year? 

Now I know what many of you are thinking, “I just recovered from tax season and first quarter taxes”.  Believe me, I understand.

By Audrey L Godwin

Becoming A Cash Flow Champion

May 2, 2019 10:10:13 AM

National Small Business Week is May 5-11 and what a perfect time to think about cash flow which is the lifeblood of every small business. 

Are you ready to help every small business with cash flow advisory services?   

By Audrey L Godwin

How do you keep your team focused and aligned?

May 1, 2019 1:18:13 PM

Do you feel that everyone on your team is driving toward the same goals as you are?  When your team makes key decisions, do they align to your top business objectives?  Does your team understand the impact they have on your business?  Here are four strategies to help you keep everyone on the same page and working toward the same goals.

By Michael Patten

CashFlowTool's new interactive chart forecasting feature

May 1, 2019 1:13:10 PM

This month we rolled out a powerful new feature enabling you to see your cash balance trend, overlaid with cash ins and outs over the past year and your 90 day future forecast.   It's a great new way to visualize your forecast.

By Dave Fester

Control Your Expenses!

Apr 30, 2019 5:28:40 PM

There is simply one rule to live by in small business if you want to stay in business:  The change in your operating expenses should mirror the change in your gross profit.  This is typically called expense control.  However, it should be called the essential function of a business.  It’s essential because without it your company will die.

By Mike Milan

In honor of SBDC day - an important article on mis-financing.

Mar 20, 2019 8:57:28 AM

In honor of SBDC day we wanted to share some information on an important topic that is critical the success and financial health of a company.  It is something that is often overlooked until it is too late and silently sucks the cash out of a business.   The name of this deadly business killer – mis-financing.

By Cheryl Abrahamson

CashFlowTool - New Product Features Feb 2019

Feb 21, 2019 11:36:56 AM

This month we rolled out a powerful new feature to manually add transactions to the Cash Flow Calendar to give you a greater degree of control over your forecasts.  In addition, we updated our 'Cash on hand' card in the dashboard to show how the calculation is made...

By Michael Patten

CashFlowTool - New Product Features Jan 2019

Jan 22, 2019 4:32:30 PM

This month we rolled out two powerful new features:  Team member permissions and Invoice Rules.  Both of these were the top requested features from our customers and we are excited for you to begin using them today!

By Michael Patten

4 ways to introduce cash flow advisory services into your business

Dec 18, 2018 11:18:08 AM

How do you grow your business and provide additional value to your clients without adding heavy costs that hurt your profit?

By Audrey L Godwin

Rarey-Olson expanded their practice with CashFlowTool

Dec 18, 2018 8:28:17 AM

CashFlowTool Helps Rarey-Olson CPAs Expand Services With Cash Flow Forecasting and Management.   They selected CashFlowTool to help manage and advise their clients on cash flow.

By Dave Fester

CashFlowTool - New Product Features Dec 2018

Dec 17, 2018 3:48:45 PM

This month we roll-up all the new features that we have been working in into this blog.  Performance - done.  New bank features - done.  New graphs - done.  Improved QuickBooks Desktop integration - done. 

By Michael Patten

Sales, Profit or Cash?  What is the TOP priority?

Dec 17, 2018 2:41:10 PM

In order to make your mark in the business world, you must find your unique value proposition.  Often it comes in the form of innovation, as it did for Dell’s founder and CEO, Michael Dell. 

By Mike Milan

Taxes and Cash Flow: A practice-building pair

Dec 17, 2018 2:34:46 PM

Taxes and Cash Flow: A practice-building pair 

Maybe you are still recovering from the October 15^th tax deadline. Maybe you are preparing for year-end tax planning. Or just maybe, you are somewhere in between. 

By Audrey L Godwin

Don't Grow Broke!

Nov 15, 2018 3:09:28 PM

Growing broke. This concept rarely, if ever, comes to mind as business owners begin to grow their business. Yet it is possible that if you are growing too fast, you may in fact run out of cash. Could this happen to you? It could, but we want to give you some insights on how to prevent this from happening in your business.

By Mike Milan

Unleashing the forecasting power of CashFlowTool

Nov 15, 2018 2:37:02 PM

The hallmark feature of CashFlowTool is the breakthrough, industry leading forecast capability, that lets you see your future cash flow in three easy to use views. Powered by Finagraph's patent-pending CashLearn™ AI technology, it predicts the future with confidence, so you can understand your current and future cash flow situation.

By Justin Pulgrano