Seasonal - Working Capital ~upd~
But she noticed something strange. Her gross revenue was up 40% from last year. Yet her checking account balance was lower . The seasonal working capital had done its job—it had funded the production cycle—but it had also bled her dry in fees.
"Yes."
She was a shark. And sharks have to keep moving forward, or they drown. seasonal working capital
Her father, Silas, had run Suncrest Orchards for forty years using the "three-envelope method"—one for the taxman, one for the diesel man, and one for emergencies. But last fall, the diesel man stopped coming. The old irrigation pump had seized, and a late frost had killed a third of the crop. The emergency envelope was empty. But she noticed something strange