Finance Essentials For Entrepreneurs And Startup Founders

Understand the Language of Business. From Confused to Confident: Your First Step into the World of Finance.

What you'll learn

Fundamentals and foundational principles: Upon finishing this course, individuals will possess a comprehensive understanding of the entire financial systems.

Beginner advantage: it is highly beneficial for individuals who have no prior knowledge of finance, serving as an initial step to discover the realm of finance

Entrepreneurial Advantage: For startup founders, it is essential to grasp corporate finance, company valuation, real-time accounting, and cost calculations.

Personal Finance – Managing individual finances, focuses over investing - mutual funds, alternative investment funds, share market and investment planning.

Innovative accounting - Serves as a new chapter that provides valuable assistance in navigating the complexities of the startup landscape.

Financial Statements Analysis – Evaluating a company’s income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement to assess financial health.

Risk and Return – Making long-term investment decisions using techniques like Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR).

Financial Markets and Institutions – Understanding how markets (like stock and bond markets) and institutions (like banks) function and impact financing

Requirements

This course does not require any previous experience or knowledge, serving as an introductory step into the world of finance.Participants will learn about finance from the basics to advanced concepts, covering topics such as accounting, management accounting, corporate finance, and profit and loss calculations. The curriculum includes an understanding of gross margin, gross profit, and investment principles, along with their practical applications.

Description

This extensive program is tailored to provide aspiring entrepreneurs and novice business owners with crucial financial expertise and competencies. Participants will engage with fundamental accounting concepts, encompassing both financial and management accounting, to effectively record, analyze, and interpret financial information. The syllabus highlights the significance of financial literacy in entrepreneurship, addressing subjects such as cash flow management and financial statement analysis. Students will familiarize themselves with essential financial terms, including gross profit, net profit margin, ROI, and CAGR, to facilitate informed business choices. Additionally, innovative accounting methodologies, particularly those aligned with the Lean Startup approach, will be introduced to assist entrepreneurs in measuring progress through actionable metrics that extend beyond conventional financial indicators. Participants will learn to create and evaluate a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), apply the pivoting concept based on validated learning, and employ innovation accounting to determine product-market fit. Furthermore, understanding the legal framework of a business is vital; thus, the course will address company structures, investor types, and the importance of documents such as the Memorandum of Association (MoA) and Articles of Association (AoA). Learners will acquire knowledge about various types of capital and the legal ramifications of different business structures. The program will also explore company valuation methods, enabling participants to accurately evaluate the value of their enterprises. Through practical examples and real-life scenarios, students will build the confidence necessary to manage the financial dimensions of launching and operating a business successfully.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to finance

Lecture 2 Management accounting and Financial accounting

Section 2: Accounting Fundamentals

Lecture 3 Accounting Fundamentals

Lecture 4 Book Keeping and Double Entry System

Lecture 5 Examples

Lecture 6 Traditional Accounting and the golden rule of accounting

Lecture 7 Creating ledgers and explaining GAAP and IFRS

Section 3: Management Accounting

Lecture 8 Introduction to Management Accounting and cost categories

Lecture 9 Cost Calculation and Depreciation

Lecture 10 Analysis of variance and Examples

Section 4: Financial Terminologies and Comprehending cash flow

Lecture 11 Financial Terminologies and Introduction to Cash Flow

Lecture 12 Cash Flow and its Key components

Section 5: From Idea Validating to Building MVPs, Pivoting, and Innovative Accounting

Lecture 13 Idea Validation and Classification of Ideas

Lecture 14 Idea to real world

Lecture 15 Validate Learning and M.V.P

Lecture 16 How to pivot and what is pivoting

Lecture 17 Innovative Accounting and Customer Acquisition Cost

Section 6: Classification of Companies and structure of the Companies

Lecture 18 Types of Company and its structure

Section 7: Company Valuation and Financial Investment Terminology

Lecture 19 Financial Terminologies including R.O.I and C.A.G.R

Lecture 20 Break-Even Analysis

Lecture 21 Dividend and Dividend per share

Lecture 22 Company Valuation Calculation

Section 8: Types of investors and their functioning in a company

Lecture 23 Types of Investors with their roles and functions

Section 9: Legal Aspects of a Company and its Structure

Lecture 24 M.O.A and A.O.A definition, types of capital and their legal framework.

Many students and young adults aspire to embark on a financial journey but often lack guidance on how to begin. This serves as a foundational resource for them. Entrepreneurs will also gain insights into corporate finance, management accounting, nominal cost calculation, profit and loss margins, company valuation, innovative accounting practices, and the essential financial knowledge required to launch a startup or initiate a new investment venture.