Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1: Measure What Matters

    • Measure What Matters
  • 2

    Chapter 2: Revenue Concepts

    • Revenue Recognition: Cash vs. Accrual

    • Revenue Backlog (Unearned Revenue)

    • Accounts Receivable (Earned Revenue)
  • 3

    Chapter 3: Key Components of the Profit & Loss Statement

    • Key Components of the Profit & Loss Statement
  • 4

    Chapter 4: Budgeting

    • Why Create a Business Budget?

    • Approaches to Budgeting

    • Key Components of a Budget

    • Common Budgeting Mistakes

    • Sanity Checks

    • How to Keep Budget Owners Accountable
  • 5

    Chapter 5: Pricing

    • Pricing

    • Pricebook

    • How to Set Pricing to Ensure Profitability
  • 6

    Chapter 6: Budget vs. Actual Tracking

    • Budget vs. Actual Tracking
  • 7

    Chapter 7: Forecasting

    • Forecasting

    • Benefits of Forecasting

    • Rolling Forecast

    • How to Create a Rolling Forecast
  • 8

    Chapter 8: Cash Flow Forecasting

    • Cash Flow Forecasting

    • How to Forecast Cash Flow

    • Ways to Improve Cash Flow
  • 9

    Chapter 9: Capital Expenditure Planning

    • Capital Expenditure Planning

    • Fixed Asset Tracking

    • How to Evaluate Capital Expenditures
  • 10

    Chapter 10: Reduce the Cash Conversion Cycle

    • What is the Cash Conversion Cycle?

    • Ways to Reduce the Cash Conversion Cycle

    • How to Finance the Cash Conversion Cycle
  • 11

    Chapter 11: Operating Leverage

    • Operating Leverage

    • Converting Fixed Costs to Variable Costs
  • 12

    Chapter 12: Cost of Capital

    • Cost of Capital

    • Lowering Cost of Capital