Business cash flow · Profit First
For business owners

Your business cash flow
comes before your personal.

For business owners, there is a planning layer that sits before the personal — how money flows through the business itself. Without clarity here, your personal finances will always feel uncertain regardless of how much revenue you generate.

We start with the business. We establish what flows out to you — reliably, predictably, sustainably. Then we build your personal cash flow plan on that foundation.

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Profit First — how your revenue should flow
Profit 5%
Owner's pay 50%
Tax 15%
Operating expenses 30%

These are illustrative starting percentages. Your actual allocation is built around your business reality — revenue, expenses, industry, and growth stage. We adapt Profit First to how you actually run your practice.

How it works

Three steps to a business that funds your life.

Business cash flow clarity first. Personal cash flow second. Everything else — the strategies, the products, the wealth building — third.

1

Map the business cash flow

We start with revenue, operating expenses, tax obligations, and what remains. We establish a Profit First allocation that works for your business — not a template, your actual numbers.

2

Establish your owner's draw

How much flows from the business to you — reliably and sustainably — every month. This becomes the foundation of your personal cash flow. Without this number your personal finances will always feel unpredictable.

3

Build your personal plan on top

Now we run Find Your Flow on the personal side. With a clear, reliable owner's draw as the income input, your personal cash flow picture becomes precise — and the strategies that follow are properly funded.

The business owner problem

Variable income is not an excuse for financial uncertainty.

Most business owners accept financial unpredictability as the cost of ownership. They draw what is left after expenses, guess at what they can afford personally, and hope tax season is not a disaster.

Profit First changes the sequence. You allocate profit and owner's pay first — before expenses — which forces the business to operate on what remains. The result is a reliable personal income regardless of revenue variability.

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"The business session can be standalone — or combined with Find Your Flow for a complete business and personal picture in one engagement."

— Hans-Michael Schnell, CCS