Financial Literacy for Entrepreneurs
Read your numbers, manage cash flow, and make better business decisions.
About this course
Financial Literacy for Entrepreneurs is a beginner-level, 14 hours online course on GeraLearn (Business & Entrepreneurship), priced at £39, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 5,300 learners and awarding a verifiable certificate of completion.
The finance course for founders who did not study accounting. You will learn to read a profit and loss statement, understand your cash position, price for profit, forecast for the next 12 months, and avoid the common financial mistakes that kill otherwise good businesses.
Target audience: First-time founders, freelancers going limited company, small business owners
What you will learn
- P&L analysis
- Cash flow management
- Financial forecasting
- Pricing strategy
- Burn rate
Course syllabus
10 modules · video + workbook
- 1The three financial statements: P&L, balance sheet, cash flow
- 2Revenue, cost, and gross margin: the unit economics that matter
- 3Cash vs profit: why profitable businesses run out of cash
- 4Pricing for profit: cost-plus, value-based, and competitive pricing
- 5Building a 12-month financial forecast
- 6Break-even analysis and burn rate
- 7Invoicing, payment terms, and accounts-receivable management
- 8Bookkeeping basics: what to track and how often
- 9Tax basics for UK founders (Ltd company)
- 10When and how to raise money: bootstrapping vs investment
Frequently asked questions
Is this UK-specific?
The tax module covers UK Ltd companies. The financial statements, pricing, and cash-flow content is universal and applies to any country.
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