Revenue by % Calculator Walkthrough

Written By Koddo & Co.

Wondering how much you could spend on overhead vs. your direct costs if you hit a certain revenue goal?

This is an exercise I've done with many people in the last few weeks.

It's based on setting a:

  • revenue goal

  • profit goal

Then tells you how much you could spend on:

  • Direct costs

  • Sales

  • Marketing

  • Finance/accounting

  • HR

  • Operations

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Want to see more examples of the calculators and forecast tools I use with clients?

This exercise tells us what you could potentially have to spend, but remember that the numbers it spits out need to then be taken and worked back into realistic numbers (as explained in the video).

Koddo & Co.

Jacinthe is a Canada-based fractional CFO and financial literacy advocate. She is the CEO of Koddo & Co. and co-founder of Tandem Innovation Group. As an Interior Designer turned serial business owner with 6 businesses started, and 2 growing successes, Jacinthe has learned the hard way about the ins-and-outs of business finance over the last decade. She is now on a mission to increase financial literacy in creative-brained owners and bring stability to their businesses, by shedding light onto the blackhole of their finances.

Her portfolio includes professional services agencies and firms, retail, e-commerce, personal services, and death care companies, with some calling her their financial fairy godmother. She’s particularly passionate about pricing, profitability, cash flow management, and helping her clients scale themselves out of the day-to-day operations of their businesses.

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