Welcome to Your Financial Snapshot

Explore a guided approach to review the financial factors shaping your household or business. Each snapshot includes a small number of intentional questions across four areas of your finances to help you identify what is working, what may need attention, and, depending on your situation, where you may be exposed. Most people can complete each snapshot in under 5 minutes.

What would you like to look at today?
Welcome to Your Business Story
Get a quick guided view of your business.

Give us a small overview of your business and we can show you where your business stands today.

Let's start with your business details.

What is your business name?

How many years have you been in business?
Less than 1 year
1–5 years
5–10 years
10+ years

What is your business structure?

Sole Proprietorship
Limited Liability Company (LLC)
S‑Corporation
C‑Corporation
Partnership
Nonprofit / Tax‑Exempt Organization
Not sure
How many employees do you have?

Does your business file a separate federal income tax return from your personal tax return?

There’s More to Your Story
Based on your answer, your business activity may be reported as part of your personal federal income tax return. Your Personal Financial Snapshot may provide a more complete view of your financial picture.
Who has the final say when it comes to financial decisions for the business?
Your Business. Your Experience. Your Decisions.

Now that you’ve considered what you want for your business and where you want it to go, it’s ultimately up to you to navigate the course ahead.

Keep that in mind as you answer a few questions across four areas of your business. Consider whether the financial factors behind your business support where you want it to go.

Business Details
Your Business Name
Years in Business
Your business structure
Number of employees
Does your business file a separate federal income tax return from your personal tax return?
What you want to focus on now
Where you want the business to go
How long you intend to actively run the business
Who has the final say on financial decisions
Immediate Objective
Where are you focusing your business efforts right now?
Future objective
Every business eventually reaches a transition point. What is your plan for the business when that time comes?
How long do you intend to actively run your business?
Protecting What You’ve Built

As an owner, it is critical to ensure your business can withstand unexpected risks that may have major financial repercussions. Failing to do so can threaten not only the strength and stability of your business, but also the people who depend on it.

Consider this as you determine whether each area below is adequately addressed.

If your business faced a major lawsuit, accident, or claim today, could the financial impact be covered without using your business or personal funds?
Are your personal assets currently protected from business debts or financial obligations?
If your business operations unexpectedly stopped today, are measures currently in place to help financially protect the business until operations resume?
If an owner unexpectedly left the business, is there a written agreement that determines what happens to their share?
If an owner's share needed to be purchased today, are there resources readily available without significantly impacting business capital?
Do both your business and estate plans currently represent your life and business as they exist today?
If someone essential to your business unexpectedly left today, are resources currently available to cover the cost of replacing them?
If you lost the ability to work today, are measures currently in place to help financially support you or your business?
Does someone have written authority to act on your behalf if you lost the ability to make decisions so your business and family could continue financially without delays?
If you died unexpectedly today, would your family and business remain financially intact?
Do you currently have a written plan for how your business ownership will be managed or transferred without unnecessary delays, costs, or disputes?
Protecting What You’ve BuiltRecap
This is the first meaningful area where you can strengthen your business against costly risks whose financial impact you don't want to absorb. By protecting your business from these exposures, you create greater stability and continuity when unexpected events occur.
Our Philosophy
Unexpected risks can create significant financial losses, but the right protection can significantly reduce their impact. Our team will help you design and implement effective solutions to safeguard everyone who depends on you and your business to thrive. Additionally, managing these risks can often be simple and straightforward, allowing you to focus greater attention on more complex areas of your business.
Creating Capacity for Growth

How you manage the money flowing through your business affects what you're able to do with it. Where that money goes and how much remains available can make the difference between simply meeting your obligations and having room to act when needed.

Think about this as you answer the following questions about your current cash flow and liquidity.

If you lost your largest customer, client, or contract, would your business retain more than 50% of its current sales?
How often do you discuss tax-saving strategies with your CPA or tax professional?
Does your business consistently maintain at least 20% of earnings after expenses and obligations?
Is the business currently generating sufficient cash flow to pay business expenses while also providing reasonable owner compensation?
Can your business cover its monthly expenditures without using personal funds?
Creating Capacity for GrowthRecap
Strong cash flow and sufficient liquidity help keep your business financially prepared for both planned and unexpected needs. Having surplus cash available can make it easier to maintain operations, respond to changing circumstances, and take advantage of opportunities when they arise.
Our Philosophy
Do you have the cash readily available when your business needs it? Our team helps you identify opportunities to improve cash flow, eliminate unnecessary obligations, and optimize the allocation of business revenue. This gives you greater financial flexibility to protect business continuity while pursuing the opportunities and direction you choose for your business.
Employee Benefits
This area supports attracting and keeping great talent, or it can make hiring and retention more difficult when overlooked.
Medical i
Supplemental (Choose "Yes" if you offer one or more of these benefits. Click "Info" for examples.) i
Bonuses / Incentives i
Wellness Programs i
Annual Turnover Below 30% i
Retirement Plan
This section helps identify whether your business retirement plan is set up in a way that supports employees and reduces risk.
Fewer than 10 employees i
Retirement plan established i

These questions apply once a retirement plan is in place.

Participation rate of 70% or higher i
Employer contributions in place i
Investment lineup reviewed within the last 3 years i
Last review i
Your Business Snapshot is Ready!

We appreciate you taking time out of your day to complete your Business Story. We hope you find your results useful.

As you review your responses, consider what impact they may have on what you are currently trying to accomplish and the business you have.

Once you have reviewed your results, you can print them to keep for your records.

Business Details
Business Name:
Structure:
Years in Business:
Number of Employees:
Does Your Business File a Separate Federal Income Tax Return From Your Personal Tax Return?
Intended Time Actively Running the Business:
Final Financial Decision-Maker:
Your Objectives
Immediate Objective:
Future Objective:
Your Results

This tool is designed to help identify potential strengths, blind spots, and areas that may benefit from further review. The results are based on the perspective of a business owner looking to build greater business strength and resiliency while optimizing the capacity for future growth. It is not intended to provide recommendations or replace a detailed analysis of your business.

For more information and insight regarding this Snapshot, consider meeting with a trusted advisor or scheduling a conversation with one of our financial professionals.

You can print a copy of your results at the end of this summary.

Strong = supports the business's ability to remain resilient, strengthen, and grow.
Needs Attention = may limit that ability or deserves further evaluation.
Priority = materially threatens or constrains that ability.
Your Business Story

Protect What You’ve Built Today and Create The Capacity To Decide What’s Next For Your Business, while Rewarding And Supporting The People Who Help You Get There.

Protect What You’ve Built Today

Unexpected risks can create significant financial losses, but the right protection can significantly reduce their impact. Our team will help you design and implement effective solutions to safeguard everyone who depends on you and your business to thrive. Additionally, managing these risks can often be simple and straightforward, allowing you to focus greater attention on more complex areas of your business.

Creating the Capacity to Decide

Do you have the cash readily available when your business needs it? Our team helps you identify opportunities to improve cash flow, eliminate unnecessary obligations, and optimize the allocation of business revenue. This gives you greater financial flexibility to protect business continuity while pursuing the opportunities and direction you choose for your business.

What’s Next for Your Business

Is your business positioned to give you the choices you want when it's time to leave? Our team works with you to understand what you want for your future, explore the options available to you, and develop strategies designed to keep those options within reach. This helps preserve the value of the business you've built while keeping more options available for how that value is eventually realized.

Rewarding and Supporting the People Who Help You Get There

The value of your benefits and retirement programs shouldn't be measured only by what they cost, but also by what they help you accomplish. We have a network of partners who specialize in benefits, retirement, and wellness programs and can help evaluate yours and identify opportunities to strengthen them. This helps keep you in a strong position to attract, retain, and reward the people who help you reach your goals.

What Happens From Here

Now that you've seen your results, the question isn't whether everything is perfect. The question is what, if anything, you want to do with what you've learned.

You became a business owner because you wanted to pursue something you believed was worth it. You've invested time, effort, energy, and sacrifice to get your business where it is today. You don't have to address everything at once. Focus on what matters most to you and take meaningful action to help ensure everything you've put into your business can still give you what you wanted from it.

If you'd like additional support, we're here to help you explore your options and determine what comes next.

About Huestone Advisory

At Huestone Advisory, we help you understand how your financial decisions can impact the business you have and the future you envision for it.

We provide clarity, perspective, and professional guidance to help you confidently navigate the financial decisions connected to your business.

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Your Personal SnapshotGetting Started
Welcome to Your Personal Financial Story
This snapshot is designed to give you a consolidated view across four areas of your finances, including your priorities and long-term objectives.

Once finished, you can choose to print your results for your records or request a follow-up with one of our advisors.

Your Personal SnapshotComplete
Your Results Are Ready

You have just completed your Personal Financial Story. We hope you find your results useful.

Take some time to review your responses and consider what impact they may have on what you are currently trying to accomplish and the life you are actively building.

You can print your results later to keep for your records.

Your Personal SnapshotSummary
Your Personal Story
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