# Build financial projections for a business

3–5 year revenue, cost, profit, and cash projections from clear assumptions.

- Topic: Finance & Accounting
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Finance, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/build-financial-projections-for-a-business

## Prompt

```text
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.
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## What to fill in

- DETAILS
- e.g. 36 months, monthly for year 1
- price, volume, customers, growth, churn
- AMOUNTS

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