Step 1 of 5

You just closed July.
You do not want that again.

In The Month you played through July as the person responsible. The bank dropped from $75,418 to $42,973. The business was profitable every single day. You still held your breath for thirty days.

You are opening August. Now you want to see what is coming before it arrives. Before you look at the forecast, complete this sentence.

This month, I want to feel:

In controlI know what is coming before it arrives. No surprises. No holding my breath.

Clear about the decisions aheadI want to see the levers before I need to pull them, not after.

Permission to move fasterIf the numbers are good I want to know that and act on it. Not second guess.

Step 2 of 5

The second number.

You already know the first number. You checked the bank this morning.

The second number is where cash will be at the end of January if Preview Co trades as planned. That is the number you opened this forecast to find.

Card 1 - Current and Forecast Cash

Cash today

$42,973

End of July 2025. You know this number.

Forecast - end of January

$85,996

Six months ahead. This is the number you came for.

Before building this forecast, what was your instinct about where cash would land at the end of January?

Step 3 of 5

Six months. Month by month.

This is what the forecast shows. Each month has a story. Reveal them one at a time in the order they will actually arrive.

August 2025Recovery

Profit

+$19,902

Cash change

+$28,334

Closing bank

$71,307

The business recovers from July. Collections from July subscriptions arrive. Two clean payroll runs. No quarterly obligations. The bank climbs back to $71k.

September 2025Building

Profit

+$20,500

Cash change

+$21,468

Closing bank

$92,775

The strongest bank position since June. Cash builds toward $93k. The quarterly GST and super are accruing in the background. $73,225 sitting on the balance sheet, not yet paid. It settles next month.

October 2025Quarterly

Profit

+$28,916

Cash change

-$27,248

Closing bank

$65,527

The September quarter settles. GST $14,034 and super $11,356 go to the ATO. The bank drops $27,248 despite the strongest profit month of the six. You saw this in July. You can see it now. Eight weeks of runway from August to position for it.

November 2025Recovery

Profit

+$20,484

Cash change

+$26,368

Closing bank

$91,895

Recovery after October. Collections arrive. The bank climbs back to near the September high. The pattern is visible: strong, strong, quarterly drop, recover, strong, quarterly drop.

December 2025Strongest month

Profit

+$17,346

Cash change

+$36,404

Closing bank

$128,299

The best closing position in the year. Collections are strong, costs managed, no quarterly hit. This is the window the business has earned. It does not last. January is a quarterly month.

January 2026Quarterly

Profit

+$20,625

Cash change

-$42,303

Closing bank

$85,996

The December quarter settles. GST $13,205 and super $11,356 go out. The bank drops $42,303. Cash closes at $85,996. Still $43,023 above where August started. The business has grown. The quarterly pattern repeated exactly as forecast.

Step 4 of 5

One decision changes the picture.

In July you had the option to commit to a sales development hire. Rachel had found a strong candidate at $75,000 per year, starting in August.

You now have six months of forecast visible. See what that decision means for the January closing position.

Hire impact - August to January

Without hire

$85,996

January closing. No sales development hire.

With hire

$48,496

January closing. $6,250 per month from August.

The hire costs $37,500 over six months. The question is not whether it is a good hire. Rachel believes it will accelerate revenue. The question is whether you made the commitment knowing what August through January looked like, or before you could see it.

What would you have done in July, knowing this forecast?

End of the forecast

Clearer. Calmer. In control.

Not because everything is comfortable. Because you can see what is coming before it arrives.

Clearer

Six months visible. October and January on the map.

Calmer

The quarterly does not surprise you. You see it in August.

In control

You can act before the tight moment, not after it arrives.

August to January: the full picture

Opening cash, August$42,973

August$71,307 (+$28,334)

September$92,775 (+$21,468)

October: quarterly settles$65,527 (-$27,248)

November$91,895 (+$26,368)

December$128,299 (+$36,404)

January: quarterly settles$85,996 (-$42,303)

Net cash growth over six months+$43,023

Forecast end January$85,996

Why the second number matters

"By the time you see a negative cash outcome it is likely too late."

You opened this forecast knowing the first number. $42,973. What you came for was the second number. $85,996 at the end of January.

That number tells you the business is growing. It tells you October and January will be tight but not dangerous. It tells you the hire decision has room if the revenue case is strong.

None of this was visible on 1 August without the forecast. All of it is visible now. That is the difference between reacting to your cash position and managing it.

The forecast insight: The second number is not a prediction. It is a picture of what happens if the business trades as planned. It changes when your assumptions change. You update it as reality moves. The forecast is not a document. It is a habit of looking ahead.

Coming next - Card 2

The number most founders wish they had seen earlier.

Card 2 shows the lowest cash point across the forecast period. Not the closing balance. The floor. The moment you most need to see before it arrives.

Preview Co - Part of the CashSight series

You just closed July.You do not want that again.

The second number.

Six months. Month by month.

One decision changes the picture.

Clearer. Calmer. In control.

The number most founders wish they had seen earlier.

You just closed July.
You do not want that again.