Financial Modeling for Startups: An Introduction | Fivecast Financial Quote: " The goal of this guide is to give you an idea of what a financial model is, why you might want one, and how to go about building one. For the sake of simplicity, we’re going to ignore all the usual accounting nuances involved in modeling a company and just focus on keeping track of the cash. (Most of the complexities involved in accounting just arise from differences in timing of cash flows vs when certain items were "earned" or "incurred")." (categories: financestartupstartupsbusinessentrepreneurship )