09/10/2026
What if your business is profitableโฆ but you still don't have enough cash?
This is one of the most frustrating realities for business owners.
You're making sales.
You're paying your team.
You're investing in the business.
So why can cash still feel tight?
That's one of the questions we unpack in the newest episode of Show Up with Priyanka with Michael Barbarita, founder of Next Step CFO, business strategist, author of Powerful Business Strategies, and creator of the Seven-Step Pathway to Profit.
Michael has built businesses, grown businesses, sold businessesโand experienced failure too.
Those experiences shaped a philosophy that comes through strongly in this conversation:
You just can't keep doing what your competition is doing.
Michael explains how to look beyond the traditional financial statements and understand what your numbers are telling you about the next move your business should make.
We talk about:
Cash flow vs. profitability and why a profitable business can still run short on cash.
Forecasting and how it helps you determine whether your next big investment is actually affordable.
The Seven-Step Pathway to Profit and the activities that can have the greatest impact on revenue.
AI and strategic differentiation as tools for creating leverage, finding opportunities, and growing without simply adding more work.
If you're building a business and want it to become more profitable, more strategic, and less dependent on you, this episode will give you plenty to think about.
๐ง Listen to Episode 145 of Show Up with Priyanka with Michael Barbarita.
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Yz2MTBlSMwK8CNz7ToEvG?si=8ab1654bffe94cf8
APPLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/su145-the-7-step-pathway-to-profit-cash-flow-strategy/id1499298017?i=1000788876222