Cash Flow Statement
A statement tracking the actual cash moving in and out of a business.
Cash flow shows operating, investing and financing cash movements, revealing whether a company can pay its bills regardless of accounting profit. For startups, cash flow is often more critical than profit, since running out of cash ends the business.
Examples
A profitable-on-paper startup faces a cash crunch from slow payments. — Founders monitor cash flow weekly.
How it relates to The Startup Foundry
Cash discipline drives runway and Executability — both central to the Foundry’s assessment.