Adding Your First Client and Reviewing the Report

A guided tutorial for inviting your first client into RISR, helping them upload or enter data, and reviewing the final report with confidence.

What This Tutorial Covers

This page is designed for new RISR users who are ready to move from setup into action. Use the resources below to add your first client, guide them through data entry, and confidently review the report once it is ready.

Step 1: Add Your First Client and Send the Link

Start with the video above for a walkthrough of generating a client link and understanding the business owner experience in RISR.

Before sending the link, let the client know they can upload tax returns, connect QuickBooks Online, or enter information manually. Setting that expectation upfront makes onboarding smoother.

Step 2: Help the Client Upload or Enter Their Data

Once the link is sent, these tutorials help you explain the different ways a client can complete data entry in RISR.

In most cases, the fastest path is either QuickBooks Online or a clean PDF upload. Manual entry is still a strong option when records are limited or a client prefers to enter the numbers directly.


Step 3: Review the Data Before Finalizing the Report

After the client has submitted information, review the financial data for completeness and accuracy before relying on the report. RISR gives both you and the client opportunities to verify what was entered or extracted.

  • Use Data Entry Best Practices to confirm what information should be present, especially three years of P&L data and the most recent balance sheet: /help/data-entry-best-practices
  • Use Document Uploader FAQs if you need to troubleshoot extraction results or confirm what was uploaded: /help/document-uploader-faqs
A quick review before presenting the report helps you catch missing items, confirm industry selection, and make sure the resulting valuation and insights are grounded in the best available data.

Step 4: Review the Report and Prepare for the Client Conversation

Once the report is ready, use these tutorials to understand what you are seeing and how to talk through it with the client.

If you are doing this for the first time, the best flow is simple: send the client link, help them choose the easiest data-entry path, review the data for accuracy, and then use the report overview and presentation guide to prepare for the conversation.