Julia Polinyak

Drone unit cost: how to calculate the real price of a product — from components to engineer hours

The price is often set by gut feel, and the real margin stays a mystery. How to work out the true unit cost — from components to engineer hours and R&D.

How to Set a Price So You Don't Work at a Loss

Prices often get set "like the competitors" or "cost plus a bit." That's how you end up selling at a loss without noticing. Here's how to price the right way.

Restaurant Finance: Know If You Earned After Every Shift

Food cost, labor cost, prime cost — the three numbers that decide whether a restaurant makes money. See them after every shift, not a month later from the accountant. Here's how.

Cash flow dashboard: see your balances across 5 accounts at a glance — how much you have right now and what to expect a month from now

Money spread across 5 accounts in different banks — and no clear picture of where you stand. Here's how the dashboard shows your total balance right now and projects it a month ahead.

Invoices in Finmap: from sending the bill to collecting payment in 3 steps — no calls to your accountant required

Create an invoice, track payment, and see who owes you what — no spreadsheets, no calls to your accountant. Here's how invoices move from creation to close inside Finmap.

We ran a promo — and ended up in the red. How to see it coming before it's too late

Sales went up, but cash dried up — the classic sign of a promotion that backfired. How to run the numbers on a discount before you launch and spot the loss before it's too late.

Margin by direction, location, and channel — driven by filters, not gut feeling

One report shows you the margin on every business line, location, or channel. Here's how Finmap's filters reveal where you're actually making money — and where you're just moving it around.

Who owes you and who you owe — all in one place. No spreadsheets, no calls to your accountant.

Receivables and payables in one dashboard — no spreadsheets, no calls to your accountant. See in 2 minutes who owes you, who you owe, and when a cash gap is coming.

"5 projects, zero cash flow." How a construction company figured out which project was actually making them money — in just one month

5 projects, no cash to show for it. How one construction company finally saw the margin on every job in a month — and uncovered the one quietly eating $180K in profit.

Thirty Weddings and a Second Try: How an Event Agency Finally Launched Its Accounting

A real event-agency case: why the first attempt to adopt accounting failed, what changed on the second try, and how delegating to managers saved the finances.

LTV and CAC for a Small Business: The Two Numbers Every Owner Should Be Able to Compute in 30 Minutes

There are two numbers every small business owner should be able to compute in about half an hour, from data she already has. Not perfectly — approximately. Not for investors — for herself. LTV and…

The Medical Clinic Owner Who Didn't Know What "Revenue" Meant — Until She Separated Three Streams

An owner of a mid-sized medical clinic — six specialists, 3 rooms, ₴9.8M annual revenue, four insurance-partner contracts plus cash-paying patients — described the month she stopped trusting her mo…

Three Coffee Shops, One P&L, and the Location That Was Quietly Eating the Other Two

An owner of a small specialty coffee chain — three locations across two districts, ₴4.8M annual revenue, six employees total — described the conversation with her accountant that started a four-mon…

Management Accounting for an Agency: The Per-Client View That Changes Everything

A founder running a small marketing/PR agency described the conversation that broke her decision-making. Her largest client — ₴84K/month retainer, three years of relationship — asked for a 12% disc…

TURE Case Study: How Adventure Tourism Navigates Crises and Builds Systematic Marketing Through Finance

Discover how TURE navigates crises through systematic marketing and financial management. A business case from the Ukrainian active tourism sector.

How to Stop Financial Chaos in 1 Month. Case Study of a Logistics Company

One month — and financial uncertainty transforms into a system. Set up an accounting system that works.

How to Choose Financial Management Software: Excel, 1C, or Finmap?

We compare Excel, 1C, and Finmap — choose financial management software that helps you track where the money goes and automate full control over your cash flow

How Finmap Helps Marketing Agencies Bring Financial Order

Discover how Finmap helps marketing agencies avoid cash gaps, control client debts, and see the real profitability of the business.

Entering the Market with a New Project: How Finmap Creates Financial Models that Ensure a Successful Start

How Finmap helps entrepreneurs create financial models for the successful launch of new projects and effective international expansion based on the EMMER case study.

How to Grow by 150% in One Year, Even during a pandemic, by Setting up Sound Financial Management: The Case of a Building Company

Case study: how a Warsaw construction business set up management accounting with Finmap and grew 150% in a year — even during the pandemic.