You're about to sign something large, and you're guessing.

The big signature

Something big needs your signature this week: new equipment, a lease, a big hire. And you're not sure the cash flow will support it.

What you're really asking is whether the payment clears every month for the next three years, including the slow ones. The bank balance only tells you about today. So you run the math on a legal pad, it comes out fine, and you still don't quite trust it.

The P&L won't tell you in time. It isn't accurate until the dust settles, weeks after the month is over. Inkstamp's agents reconcile the business every night, so you know where you stand this morning.

Before the next big signature, get a read on what your own numbers say about it.