Build financial projections for a business
3–5 year revenue, cost, profit, and cash projections from clear assumptions.
The prompt
Build financial projections for my business.
Business model and stage: [DETAILS]
Period: [e.g. 36 months, monthly for year 1]
Revenue drivers: [price, volume, customers, growth, churn]
Costs: [cost of goods, salaries, rent, marketing, tools — fixed vs. variable]
Funding and starting cash: [AMOUNTS]
Deliver:
1. An assumptions table (every input, its source, and confidence).
2. Projected P&L, cash flow, and key metrics (gross margin, burn, runway, break-even month).
3. Three scenarios — conservative, base, optimistic — and what drives the difference.
4. A sensitivity check on the 3 assumptions that matter most.
5. A layout I can recreate in a spreadsheet (with formulas described).
Projections, not predictions — label every assumption. Have an accountant review before relying on them for lending or investment.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- DETAILS
- e.g. 36 months, monthly for year 1
- price, volume, customers, growth, churn
- AMOUNTS
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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