Finance for Non-Finance: Learn Quick and Easy

Name: Finance for Non-Finance: Learn Quick and Easy
Rating: 4.6 (24842 reviews)

Obtain Suplemental Skills to Get a Raise, Better Job or Improve Your Own Business

Created byAnthony Jameson

Last updated 6/2016

English

What you'll learn

Identify problems in your company
Improve performance of your business
Understand the economic substance of projects you are engaged in
Make well-informed economic decisions
Able to weigh benefits against costs.
Understand the numbers in the financial statements of any company
Have more complete picture of your company and its competitors

Course content

5 sections • 30 lectures • 1h 23m total length

Course Introduction2:11
Aknowledge the course objectives, goals and structure

Every Business Has to Account for Its Operations3:46
Discover why every business needs accounting and financial reporting

What types of reports exist

Dive deep into the structure of financial reports
Financial Statements: the Balance Sheet3:35
Learn what the Balance Sheet is and how it works

Discover the structure of the Balance Sheet
Business Start-Up2:25
Lets make a business start-up to see how operations are reflected in the Balance Sheet
Practical Task 11:00
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Practical Task 1: Explanation4:29
Let's solve and discuss the first practical task
Financial Statements: the Income Statement2:37
Learn what the Income Statement is and how it works

Discover the structure of the Income Statement
Business Start-Up (continued)3:45
We continue to operate our business to discover how operations are reflected in the Income Statement
Does Profit = Money?2:58
Discover the fundamental difference between the Income Statement and the Cash Flow
Financial Statements: the Cash Flow4:32
Learn what the Cash Flow is and how it works

Discover the structure of the Cash Flow
Business Start-Up (continued)2:43
We make the Cash Flow for our business, and

See how the Balance Sheet has changed over 5 years
Practical Task 21:00
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Practical Task 2: Explanation1:28
Let's solve and discuss the second practical task
Test 1: Accounting and Financial Statements

Financial Ratios3:14
Discover the key financial ratios that are used to analyze the company's financial performance:

Profit Margin

ROE

Free Cash Flow

Asset Turnover

Interest Coverage

Debt Ratio
Practical Task 33:00
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Practical Task 3: Explanation (+Business Start-Up continued)3:58
Let's solve and discuss the third practical task and analyze how our business has performed over 5 years
Lender vs. Equity Investor: Risks and Rewards Rule1:46
Compare Lender and Equity Investor to learn Risk and Reward Rule every investor should know
Analyze the Financial Statements of Apple, Facebook and Ford5:39
At last we can apply our knowledge to dive deep into the financials of corporate giants

Calculate financial ratios, analyze and make conclusion on financial health of Apple, Facebbok and Ford
More Financial Ratios1:48
Three more useful ratios:

Current Liquidity

Receivables Days

Payables Days
Stock Market Valuation Analysis (Apple, Facebook and Ford)3:10
Let's see what market tells about Apple, Facebook and Ford

Discover market capitalization, price-to-book and price-to-earnings ratio
Test 2: Financial Analysis

Discovering Budget: Substance and Purpose3:31
Identify what Budget is

Learn the main purposes of budget:

Planning

Control

Communication and Co-ordination

Evaluation

Motivation
Budget Types: Incremental, Zero-Based, Rolling5:12
There are three main types of budget:

Incremental

Zero-Based

Rolling
Budgeting Process: From Goal to Budget Approval8:32
Go through the budgeting process:

Identify the goals of the business

Identify limiting factor

Prepare sales budget

Prepare departmental budgets

Negotiate

Consolidate

Approve
Budgetary Control: What To Do After the Budget is Finalized1:47
Budget at work!

Discover what to do after the budget is approved
Cost Management: Direct vs. Overhead3:00
Learn different types of costs: direct and overhead

Learn how to allocate overhead costs to recieve complete cost of a product
Cost Management: Fixed vs. Variable3:08
Learn different types of costs: direct and overhead

See the examples of direct and overhead costs

Discover why is it critical for any business to keep its fixed costs as low as possible
Test 3: Budgeting
Summary0:27
This course was narrated by Mike Norgaard
Take This Handout48:00
Please download this handout and use it to make notes. Good luck!

Requirements

Passion for learning
No prior knowledge about finance is required
No materials required

Description

Do you want to master finance concepts without spending a lot of your time on books, web search and long-hour boring courses?

Are you a non-financial manager who wants a raise, better job or to open a new business?

Or maybe you are a small business owner who wants to measure and improve your business performance?

You have come to the right place!

It will take only 4-5 hours to complete the course
30 lectures and 2.5 hours of high quality animated video content
Practical exercises with explanations and quizzes
Discover and analyze financials of Apple, Facebook and Ford
Full and responsive support
Handouts of all course materials that make it easy to study and remember
30-day money back guarantee

Jump in to this course now and I guarantee that your learning will be informative, dynamic and fun.

FREE preview of lectures 1, 2, 3, 6, 21 and 23.

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Invest your time in financial education. It will be fun, interesting and very useful.

This course is easy to understand and it's designed in explainer video format to convey financial fundamentals in a way that makes everything clear and understandable. You will receive detailed explanations, practical cases and quizzes.

Within 4-5 hours you’ll obtain all the essentials of basic finance and budgeting. It will boost your business and financial literacy, resulting in well-informed economic decisions.

The course starts by introducing accounting basics and then teaches you to understand financial statements.

Then you will learn about financial reports including the Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow. These are the things you must know to succeed in a new business or make your current business more profitable.

We will even have fun analyzing the financial statements of corporate giants like Apple, Facebook, and Ford.

Along the way, you will learn how to make your own financial statements, create a great budget, and how to run your business. We'll even get a bit advanced and explore Zero-Based-Budgeting and Cost Management.

Who this course is for:

Business Owners
Startuppers
Non-Financial Executives
Everyone else who interested in finance and want to combine non-finance background with finance knowledge to make profitable decisions
This course is NOT intended for people with financial background

Finance for Non-Finance: Learn Quick and Easy

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Course content

Course Introduction1 lecture • 2min

Introduction to Finance2 lectures • 4min

Accounting and Financial Statements12 lectures • 34min

Financial Analysis (Ratios)7 lectures • 23min

Budgeting8 lectures • 1hr 14min

Requirements

Description

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