Budget Building for Strongly Seasonal Businesses
DolceDrago 348 — a skill for the eight months that spend what four months earned
Variant of Nº053 — The Budget Builder
What it is
Budgets the business whose annual plan lies: four months earn and eight consume, so twelve equal columns report false comfort in July and false alarm in February. It builds the season cycle instead — the weekly earning curve, the closed-month burn, the commitments falling due before a single euro arrives, and the re-entry number that must be in the bank on closing day for next season to happen at all. Then it costs the decision to close, reduce or trade on. For campsites, seasonal hospitality, tourism and events.
What you receive
a season-cycle cash plan — the weekly earning curve, the closed-month burn, the pre-season commitment calendar, the re-entry number the season must bank to reach the next one, and the off-season decision costed
Delivered as a single, complete .md skill file — open it, paste it into any capable chat model, and work. No installation, no account with anyone but us.
Supported models
- Claude (Opus/Sonnet)
- ChatGPT (GPT-4o/5)
- Gemini
- any capable chat model
People reach for it when
- “cash flow plan for a seasonal business”
- “how much money do i need to get through the winter”
- “should i stay open in the off season”
- “how much do i need to take per week in summer”
- “budget for a campsite that only opens four months”
Record
lineage: variant · parent 053
gates passed: demand-evidence · function-fit · beats-the-blank-page
status: IN THE COLLECTION
Sale-time bench runs and the fix-or-refund log attach to this record when the payment room opens.
In the collection. The sale room is being fitted; this work goes on sale when it opens.
Join the house — be written to when sales openBack to the collectionLicense
Free-shelf works ship under the DolceDrago House License — use the outputs freely, personal or commercial; the work file itself stays with the house.