Enable Strategy Lab
Financial Projections Builder
Turn your revenue and cost assumptions into a real 3-year forecast - the numbers a bank or investor actually wants to see.
Build a monthly Year 1 profit & loss, a 3-year revenue and profit trend, a cash flow projection, and a break-even point - all computed from your own inputs, with a use-of-funds table if you're raising money. The financial backbone for a Business Plan or loan application.
Included in All Access, or unlock it on its own.
Who it’s for
- Chasing funding without knowing what a lender wants to see?
Start here first: free Academy course
The Numbers a Bank Actually Wants to See
Submit annual guesses and a vague sense of break-even to a lender and you'll get a vague answer back too - usually no. Learn what actually makes a lender believe you: monthly Year 1 figures instead of annual estimates, the real difference between cash and profit, and break-even as a specific date, not a feeling. Get the numbers wrong and you don't just risk a rejection - you risk not knowing why you were rejected.
- 1.Annual Numbers Aren't EnoughA single "Year 1 revenue: $300,000" line tells a lender nothing about whether you'll run out of cash in month four.
- 2.Profit Is Not CashA profitable month on paper can still be a month where you can't pay your suppliers.
- 3.Find Your Break-Even PointNot a vague sense of "once we get busier" - an actual month, calculated from your own numbers.
- 4.Use of Funds: What Makes a Number Credible"$50,000 for growth" gets you nowhere. A line-item breakdown gets you believed.
- 5.Quick CheckA few questions to lock in what you just covered.
- 6.Build Your ProjectionMonthly Year 1, a 3-year trend, cash flow, break-even, and use of funds - all computed from your own numbers.
Questions
What does the Financial Projections Builder do?
Build a monthly Year 1 profit & loss, a 3-year revenue and profit trend, a cash flow projection, and a break-even point - all computed from your own inputs, with a use-of-funds table if you're raising money. The financial backbone for a Business Plan or loan application.
How much does the Financial Projections Builder cost?
It's included in All Access along with every other Lab and the full Academy, or you can unlock it on its own. The membership page has the current options.
Is it built for Australian businesses?
Yes. Enable Strategy Lab is built in Queensland for Australian small business owners, using Australian dollars, GST and Australian terms throughout.
Do I need to be good with numbers or strategy?
No. Each Lab walks you through one step at a time in plain English, with examples, and saves your work as you go so you can come back to it.
Is there anything I should read first?
Yes: the free Academy course "The Numbers a Bank Actually Wants to See" explains the thinking behind this Lab in 6 short lessons.