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Do a 15-minute monthly money check on your business
You only look at the numbers when the bank balance scares you. Get a short monthly routine and a one-tab sheet with the five numbers that matter for your kind of business.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me set up a 15-minute monthly money check. My business: [what you do, how customers pay] What I'd like to know each month: [e.g. am I making money, who owes me, can I pay myself] What usually catches me out: [e.g. annual bills, slow payers] Where my numbers are now: [e.g. bank app, invoicing app, a notebook] First ask me up to 4 short questions. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. The 5 numbers that matter most for my business, with why each matters. 2. A 15-minute routine in order, saying where to find each number. 3. A one-tab Google Sheets layout: one row per month, a column for each number, and simple formulas for change since last month. 4. Warning signs for each number and what to do first. 5. A note on when to involve my accountant. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or figures. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. what you do, how customers pay: a short note you already have. e.g. am I making money, who owes me, can I pay myself: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
This does not give tax advice. The books stay in the accounting system.
You describe your business and what you'd like to keep an eye on.
The assistant asks how you're paid and what usually catches you out.
You get the 5 numbers to track, a 15-minute monthly routine and a sheet layout with formulas.
What happens
Use ChatGPT to do a 15-minute monthly money check on your business
You only look at the numbers when the bank balance scares you. Get a short monthly routine and a one-tab sheet with the five numbers that matter for your kind of business.
Tools
Paste the prompt, fill the blanks, copy the draft.
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