Preparing a forecast
A forecast estimates future revenue and costs for your business. The articles in this section are designed to guide you through the process of forecasting in LivePlan.
Quickstart Guides
- Preparing a forecast
- Helpful forecast features
- Forecast settings
- How do I edit, delete, and copy forecast entries?
- Copying forecast figures into a spreadsheet
- Forecasting your revenue streams
- How do I forecast sales growth?
- Entering start-up costs and funding in LivePlan
- Downloading and printing from the Forecast section
- Entering customer acquisition cost for a subscription
- How can I represent part-time personnel in my forecast?
- Entering a previously-owned asset for a start-up business
- Entering starting balances for an existing company
- Entering a grant in your forecast
- Entering direct costs
- What is the difference between direct costs and expenses?
- Representing a loan used to purchase a business
- Entering expenses
- Entering a pre-existing loan with customized payments
- Entering personnel
- Understanding head count details for personnel
- Entering direct labor employees
- Entering commissions or bonuses in your forecast
- Entering regular labor employees
- Entering a tenant improvement allowance
- What is the difference between direct labor and regular (indirect) labor?
- Employee-related expenses: changing the Burden Rate
- Entering a cash reserve for a future lump-sum payment
- Entering a cash reserve for future lease payments
- How do I locate my salaries and wages in the Profit and Loss?