Your P&L says you’re profitable. Your bank account says otherwise. Welcome to construction, where the gap between “earned” and “collected” can kill a good company.
The killers
- Slow billing: work done in March, billed in May
- Retainage stacking up across jobs
- Front-loaded costs, back-loaded payments
- Taking on work to “keep guys busy” that bleeds cash
- No cash forecast — flying blind
Profit is a theory. Cash is a fact.
You can’t pay subs with work-in-progress reports. The fix is boring and essential: bill fast, collect faster, forecast weekly, and stop financing your clients’ projects.
Get your cash under control
The 90-Day Business X-Ray puts your cash flow under the microscope: /90-day-business-x-ray/. Or book a 15-minute strategy call: https://calendly.com/warren-warrenzysman/intro-call
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