Business Finance 101
A Beginner’s Guide to Business Accounting and Finance
Updated on Sep, 2023
Language - English
Course Description
Three are three main reasons for business failure – an under-skilled management team; ineffective marketing; and poor financial management. Every manager, or student of management, requires a good grasp of business finance. This course will help.
Business finance concerns the management of the monetary resources of an organisation. There are two aspects to this:
- Raising the money to invest in the business
- Managing that investment properly to generate a return
Raising the money is about having an attractive proposition and managing the risk to investors. Managing the investment is about the financial controls and reporting of the business. This course covers the three main financial reports; financial performance indicators; and investment analysis.
This course will give you a good grasp of the key principles and issues in business finance.
Goals
What will you learn in this course:
- The meaning of Business Finance
- The history of business accounting
- Why businesses fail
- The two main purposes of business finance
- The key principles of business finance
- What debits and credits are
- The three key business finance statements
- What the Balance Sheet tells you
- What the Income Statement tells you
- What the Cashflow Statement tells you
- Key financial performance indicators
- Analysing business investments
Prerequisites
What are the prerequisites for this course?
- There are no pre-course requirements
Curriculum
Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course
Business Finance 101
12 Lectures
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What is Business Finance?
05:35
05:35
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Why Businesses Fail
04:32
04:32
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The Principles of Business Finance Part 1
06:40
06:40
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The Principles of Business Finance Part 2
04:53
04:53
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The Balance Sheet
10:29
10:29
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The Income Statement
04:19
04:19
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The Cashflow Statement
06:58
06:58
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A Business Finance Exercise
05:42
05:42
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Key Financial Performance Indicators
10:43
10:43
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Investment Analysis
05:02
05:02
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Investment Analysis Exercise
03:06
03:06
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Key Learning Points in Business Finance
06:28
06:28
Instructor Details
Ross Maynard
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