4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Learn to understand and act on your Financials. We'll help you take your business to the next level and stop leaving money on the table.
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Learn to understand and act on your Financials. We'll help you take your business to the next level and stop leaving money on the table.
Course overview
To make smart, strategic business decisions, you need to understand the numbers. Really understand them.
Building your financial vocabulary, knowledge, and literacy will bring your business to the next level. You just need to learn how.
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Business owners who don’t want to leave money on the table from preventable financial mistakes
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Executives who need to manage their department's results.
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Growing Professionals who want to talk business strategy with their CEO.
Learn how to decode your financial statements
To understand your numbers, you first have to master the basics. We'll simplify the financials and show you how they work and are connected.
Manage profit and cash flow
Your business should generate cash flow which you can use to grow, expand, or dividend out. We'll break down the basics of cash flow and provide frameworks to help you manage your capital.
Identify, Track, and Act on your Key Metrics
Every business has different factors that impact it. We'll teach you how to identify your most important metrics and how to track them easily.
Build dashboards to assist in identifying problem areas
Each business is slightly different, so your metrics must be specific to YOU. We help you set up systems that will allow you to identify when your KPIs move in and out of their "healthy" range.
Translate your knowledge of numbers to business decisions
One of the hardest things about tracking your numbers is knowing when to take action. We'll help you establish Gates and Buffers to help you hyperfocus on what needs your attention.
Understand and protect your downside
When things go bad, you're more likely to make bad decisions. We'll teach you to understand your downside, be prepared to deal with it if it happens and take offensive and defensive action to prevent it.
Use your numbers to make better decisions and tell your story
Operational mastery will provide you insights into the business, but numbers can highlight the less obvious. We'll teach you how to incorporate numbers into your decision-making process and to tell your story.
Beyond the Numbers
Sara Mo Vanacht
Adrian Barraza
David Morris
Ali Ladha, C.P.A.
Small Business CFO for 10+ years
Despite a degree in Accounting + an M.B.A., I froze the first time my CEO asked me why our labor margins had increased by 5%.
It wasn't until that moment that I realized the book answer didn't provide him with any actionable advice.
Now 15 years later, I've built my career on helping business owners and leaders translate their financial statements into actionable business decisions.
If you're struggling to decode financials and use them to transform your business, this course is for you.
Entrepreneurial CFO for 20+ years
The difference between understanding the numbers or not - is going bankrupt or going public.
In my 20+ year career, I've learned how to see patterns in the numbers and compellingly tell their story to leaders, owners, and investors.
This course aims to share what I've learned with you, especially with creative leaders who want to expand their voices and careers.
If you're a CEO, Founder or Business Executive, this course is for you.
4-6 hours per week
Dates TBD
Each week, we'll have live classrooms Tuesday & Thursday.
In between the live classrooms, you'll have access to the instructors via a community.
Other work between sessions may be required to apply your learnings.
Tuesdays
6:30 - 8:00pm PST
Each Tuesday we'll introduce you to a concept and have breakout sessions to allow you to get some practice with it.
We'll then send you away with "homework" to dive into your own situation.
Thursdays
6:30 - 7:30pm PST
Each Thursday we'll recap the Tuesday session and focus on application.
We'll do a lot Q&A and exercises during these sessions, so come ready to engage!
Pre-recorded materials
2 hours per week
Each week we have pre-recorded materials for you to digest between sessions.
This allows us to deliver the principles clearly and reserve the time in the live sessions for interactive teaching.
Have to miss a session?
All sessions will be recorded, so if you have to miss a session you can watch it on your own time.
If you attend the sessions, actively participate, and still don’t find the course valuable, we’ll happily refund your full payment until 7 days after the end of the course.
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
What happens if I can’t make a live session?
Does it matter what Accounting software I'm using?
I work full-time, what is the expected time commitment?
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