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Accounting Fundamentals for Beginners
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110 students

Accounting Fundamentals for Beginners

Master the basics of accounting fast and easily : income statement and balance sheet explained visually, no fluff.
Created byEric Baz
Last updated 9/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Read any company's financial statements and understand what's really going on inside the business
  • Build your own financial statements from scratch, ready for a startup or side project
  • Organize your expenses and understand how to legally lower your tax bill
  • Master the core accounting principles that every real business runs on
  • Understand the accounting equation and double-entry bookkeeping with confidence
  • Tell whether a business is healthy or is heading for trouble
  • Make sharper financial decisions, whether it's your own money or a company's

Course content

3 sections • 35 lectures • 2h 4m total length

  • 1.1 What is Accounting?1:43
  • Lesson 1.1 What is Accounting ?2:30
  • 1.2 The Accounting Equation2:30
  • 1.2 The Accounting Equation1:31
  • Lesson 1.3 The Financial Statements3:54
  • 1.3 The Financial Statements2:46
  • Lesson 1.4 Accounting Principles3:25
  • 1.4 Accounting Principles2:07
  • Lesson 1.5 The Different Accounting Frameworks2:54
  • 1.5 The Different Accounting Frameworks2:04
  • Lesson 1.6 The Accounting Cycle3:50
  • 1.6 The Accounting Cycle2:37

Requirements

  • None needed, this course is for absolute beginners. No prior knowledge required.

Description

Most accounting courses take over 15 hours of monotonous lectures to teach you the basics, this one does it in a fraction of the time with fun and concise visuals. This course is made for complete beginners: students, entrepreneurs, future investors, and anyone who wants to finally understand how finance in the business world works. No prior knowledge required.

This course uses concise, visual lessons that respect your time with real life case studies and practical applications of what you are learning.

Accounting Fundamentals teaches you everything you need to read and understand a company's financials as well as help you build your own financial statements. Every concept is built around simple diagrams and real examples from companies like Uber, Tesla, and Starbucks.

By the end of this course, you'll be able to:

  • Understand the accounting equation and how the financial statements connect

  • Read and interpret the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet,

  • Record everyday transactions with debits and credits

  • Handle revenue recognition, operating expenses, depreciation, prepaid expenses, and liabilities

  • Understand equity, retained earnings, dividends, and share issuance

  • Be able to spot the warning signs of financial trouble in a company

If accounting has ever felt intimidating, this is the course that finally makes it click.

Who this course is for:

  • Those who have never touched accounting, who are intending to build their own start-up, or want to trade without doing so blindly.

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