Budgeting and Forecasting for High Growth Companies

Budgeting and Forecasting for High Growth Companies

From best practices, to forecasting, to budgets gone bad…

We recently hosted a roundtable discussion on budgeting and forecasting for high growth companies at The Junto Institute in Chicago, IL.

One of the key takeaways from this discussion were the essential questions to ask for each stage in building a budget.

“When building your business budget don’t get bogged down with office supplies but do get detailed with your biggest drivers, like income, COGS, and personnel expenses.”

Related Read: How Detailed Does My Business Budget Have to Be

The Essential Questions for Each Stage of Building a Budget

Stage 1: Creating the Budget

  1. What key assumptions are we making?
  2. Will we have the needed cash flow?
  3. What are our drivers of growth and costs?

Stage 2: Reviewing the Budget

  1. What assumptions were accurate/inaccurate?
  2. Why did we miss revenue? (long sales cycle, churn etc.)
  3. Why do we have lower profit margins?

Related Read: How to Monitor and Understand Budget Variances.

Stage 3: Revising the Budget

  1. How should we revise our assumptions?
  2. Can we shorten the sales cycle? (e.g. using a free trial..)
  3. Can we automate a task that we do across all clients/customers?

See the full slide deck for Budgeting & Forecasting for High Growth Companies.

For more information on how to budget and forecast for your high growth company, contact us.

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