The LivePlan Blog

We all set goals in our personal lives, but in business, we’re not always as goal-focused. How can we actually track and reach our business goals?

LivePlan’s Dashboard makes monthly financial review simple—and now, we’ve added balance sheet and cash flow statements to the Dashboard to make it even easier.

To get the most value from a regular financial statement analysis, you need to start comparing your “actuals”—how your business performed—to your forecast.

Here are 5 things to look for when you’re performing a cash flow analysis and comparing your plan to your actual results.

A key part of your monthly financial review meeting is taking a look at your balance sheet—and it will only take you a few minutes.

A great place to start your financial review meeting is with your income statement, also known as your profit and loss statement (P&L).

We added the full profit and loss statement to the LivePlan Dashboard. You can now review your P&L compared to your forecast, the previous period, and the previous year—all on one page.

Your expense budget is one of the keys to good business management. Here’s a detailed guide on how to build an expense budget—including what not to do.

If your business is going to have employees, you need to create a personnel plan and forecast as part of your business plan. Here’s how to do it.

LivePlan has some new updates: You can now copy forecast items, add links to your business plan text, and manage GDPR compliance. Here are the details on what’s new this month.