Tutorial part 3 — Read & flex your forecast
Part three of building your first bluprnts forecast — read your statements, runway and breakeven, then flex the plan with a scenario or project.
You've built a plan in part two, and bluprnts has drafted a full forecast from it. In this final part you'll read what it derived, find the numbers that matter most, and test a decision against the plan.
Onboarding ends on the same note: "That's your blueprint — open it to explore the P&L, cashflow and bank position." Here's how to read it.
Read your statements#
Open Financials to see the forecast bluprnts derived for Bloom & Wick — the profit and loss, balance sheet and cashflow statement, laid out month by month and year by year. Every line traces back to the drivers you entered, so you can always ask why a number is what it is.
→ Financial statements overview · Provenance & traceability
Find your runway and breakeven#
Two numbers founders reach for first:
- Runway — how long your cash lasts. The Runway dashboard shows the cash line over time and when it runs low.
- Breakeven — when the business turns profitable. The Overview dashboard calls out your breakeven month (or flags if the plan never reaches it).
→ The Runway dashboard · How runway is calculated · How breakeven is derived
See the shape of it#
The Overview dashboard reads the whole plan back in plain English — your headline numbers and lowest cash point — and the Waterfall shows what pushes cash up and down each period. Between them you get the story behind the statements.
Flex it with a what-if#
A forecast earns its keep when you use it to test decisions. Bloom & Wick could ask "what if we hire a second maker and double our marketing?" — bluprnts gives you two ways to model that:
- A scenario branches a parallel version of the whole forecast, so you can compare paths side by side.
- A project models a single initiative inside the plan and toggles on and off.
→ What scenarios are · Add or edit a project
Turn it into a report#
When the plan is worth sharing — with an investor, a lender or a board — turn it into a polished report, exported to PDF or shared by a link.
Where to go next#
You've built, read and flexed a forecast — the whole loop. From here:
- Sharpen the model — Building your model covers each driver in depth.
- Fine-tune the company — Setting up your company for tax, VAT, payment terms and more.
- Look things up — the Glossary and Reference explain every term and field.