Will you hit your 2026 revenue goal? Here's how to know.

Let me ask you something.

If I stopped you right now and asked, “How much have all your businesses made this year?” — could you answer me?

Not a guess. Not “it's been a good year.” The real number.

For a long time, I couldn't. As a business owner with more than two LLCs, I had money coming in from different places and landing in different accounts. I had a few bank apps, a spreadsheet I updated when I remembered, and a gut feeling. Some months the feeling was good. Some months it wasn't.

But a feeling isn't a number.

Here's what I learned: the problem usually isn't that your businesses aren't making money. It's that nobody ever adds it all up for you. So let's add it up.

1.Pick one number

Before anything else, you need a target. Not “I want to make more this year.” Everybody wants that. I mean a real number.

At Yegly we call it your Year-End Goal — your YEG. It's the revenue you want your business, or all your businesses together, to bring in by December 31.

Say your number is $600,000. Now every payment that hits your account isn't just money. It's progress.

And here's the part most goal-setting advice skips: a number on its own won't get you out of bed. A number with a reason will. Hiring your first full-time employee. Buying that property. Paying off a loan. Finally taking your family on a real vacation. Write the reason right next to the number.

Know your number. Chase your why.

2.Add up what you've actually earned

This is where owners with more than one business get stuck. Let's say you have three:

Example numbers.

That's $420,000 toward a $600,000 goal — 70% of the way there. But when it's spread across different accounts, payment apps and spreadsheets, you might never see that total in one place.

One more thing, and it matters: not every deposit is revenue. If you move $10,000 from your agency account to your rental account, you didn't make $10,000. That's the same money changing rooms. Same with loans and money you put in yourself. Count those, and your number lies to you.

3.Do the math

Once you have your goal and what you've earned, the gap is simple:

That's the moment a goal stops being a wish and becomes a plan. Instead of “I hope December is good,” the question becomes:

What am I going to do to bring in another $82,000 this month — and next month?

Maybe it's more clients. Maybe it's following up on unpaid invoices. Maybe it's pushing the business that's growing fastest. Whatever the answer is, now you're deciding with a real target in front of you.

4.Look at each business — and all of them together

Your biggest business isn't always your best one. Your home care agency might bring in the most revenue, while your rental gives you the steadiest month-to-month cash. Your newest business might be growing the fastest.

You need both views: each business on its own, and everything added up. You should be able to answer:

• Which business brought in the most this month?
• Which one is growing fastest?
• How much have all of them made this year?
• Am I on pace to hit my combined goal?
• How much more do I need before December 31?

And look at expenses and profit next to revenue. Growing revenue only matters if the business is getting healthier, too.

The goal isn't more dashboards. It's fewer unanswered questions.

5.Make it a weekly habit

Setting a goal is easy. Checking on it while you're running a business is the hard part.

So make it small. Pick one time every week — Monday morning works for a lot of owners — and take ten minutes: What came in? Where am I against my goal? What needs attention this week?

If you're behind, you find out in October, not on December 31. If you're ahead, you know what's working so you can keep doing it.

And celebrate the milestones. Hitting 25%, 50% and 75% of your goal is real. Each one is proof the work is paying off. Don't wait until the end of the year to be proud of yourself.

Why I'm building Yegly

I didn't set out to build software. I built a dashboard for my own businesses because I was tired of guessing. It connects to my bank accounts, adds up every business, ignores the money I move between my own accounts, and puts my Year-End Goal right on top — how far I've come and how far I have to go.

Once I could finally see my number, I realized every business owner I know needs this. So I'm turning it into Yegly.

With Yegly you'll be able to:

• Set your Year-End Goal and see how close you are, every day.
• See every business together — and each one on its own.
• Connect your bank accounts with read-only connections through Plaid. Yegly can see your numbers; it can't move your money.
• Know if you're on pace, and what you need per month to finish strong.
• Ask Yegly AI about your numbers in plain English.
• Celebrate milestones on the way to your number.

Yegly doesn't replace your accountant or bookkeeper. It answers the question you actually ask yourself late at night: am I going to make it this year?

If you don't know, now you know

2026 isn't over. You still have time to finish strong — but only if you know where you stand.

Know how much you've made. Know how much is left. Know what it's going to take.

Then go get it.

Yegly is still being built, and I'm inviting founding members in early. Join the waitlist and you'll get early access and founding-member pricing when we launch.

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— Wilson K.