Most business owners know they should build a forecast for 2026. But many won’t—because it feels intimidating and time-consuming, and let’s be honest, it’s almost guaranteed to be inaccurate. This week, Tracy Bech, founder of
The 60 Minute CFO, makes the case for why you should do it anyway. Tracy breaks the process down into three simple steps, shows how even a rough forecast can change the way you run your business, and explains how her free 60 Minute CFO Custom GPT can speed things up and expand your financial analysis. Her point isn’t that you can predict the future. It’s that you need a clear, flexible model to see whether your business is on track—or drifting somewhere you never intended to go.
