Joey ZoccaliAbout 2 minutes

    Set the cash number you should never go under.

    Find the cash that should always sit in the bank, how far you are from it, and how much is safe to spend.

    A normal month

    How the money comes in

    When customers pay

    $72,500 should always sit in the bank.

    You are $14,500 under that floor.

    Floor$72,500
    Bank$58,000
    Gap-$14,500

    What the floor is made of

    Two weeks of pay: $18,462
    The next payroll, plus your own pay, always covered.

    One month of fixed bills: $12,000
    Rent, loans, insurance, and software, paid on time.

    Slow-pay gap: $12,000
    Covers the weeks you wait to get paid.

    Slow-month cushion: $24,000
    Covers a slow stretch without panic.

    Taxes and big bills: $6,000
    Already spoken for in the next 90 days.

    How to get there

    Set aside about $1,850 a week for 8 weeks. You hit the floor the week of Dec 28.

    See the rest

    The breakdown and the weekly amount to get there are the rest.

    The number is the start. The seat is the work.

    Joey Zoccali works with owners who are still the bottleneck. Thirty minutes. Bring this result.