Read Financial Statements Like a Pro
Most business owners look at financial reports and see numbers. We teach you to see stories, patterns, and opportunities. Our six-month program starting September 2025 helps you understand what your balance sheet actually means.
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Learn From People Who've Been There
Kieran Bosworth
Financial Analysis Instructor
Spent twelve years helping small manufacturers understand their cash flow problems. Now I teach others how to spot the warning signs I missed early in my career. My approach is simple: if you can't explain it to someone who doesn't know accounting, you don't really understand it yourself.
Linnea Vestergren
Business Finance Mentor
I worked with twenty-three startups before realizing most founders can't read their own financial statements. That's a problem. I focus on teaching ratio analysis and trend spotting because those skills saved me more than once when advising companies through tight situations.
What You'll Actually Learn
Month 1-2: Foundation Building
We start with balance sheets and income statements. Not the theory part, the practical part. You'll learn why two companies with the same revenue can have completely different financial health.
Month 3-4: Pattern Recognition
This is where things click. You'll start seeing trends in quarterly reports and understand what ratios actually matter for different business types. Service companies and manufacturers have different warning signs.
Month 5-6: Real Case Analysis
We use actual financial statements from businesses that succeeded and failed. You'll practice spotting problems before they become obvious. Some students tell us this section changed how they look at their own company numbers.
How The Program Works
Six modules spread across twenty-four weeks. Each one builds on what came before. You can't skip ahead because the later stuff won't make sense without the foundation.
Financial Statement Basics
Understanding what each line item represents and how statements connect to each other. We spend extra time on cash flow because that's where most confusion happens.
Ratio Analysis Methods
Learning which ratios matter and which ones people use because they sound impressive. Current ratio, debt-to-equity, return on assets—you'll know when each one is useful.
Trend Identification
Spotting patterns across multiple periods. This is where you start to see the story behind the numbers instead of just reading individual reports.
Industry Comparisons
Understanding how to benchmark against similar businesses. What looks healthy in retail might be concerning in manufacturing. Context matters a lot.
Warning Sign Detection
Recognizing early indicators of financial trouble. Revenue growth with declining margins, increasing inventory relative to sales, and other patterns that deserve attention.
Practical Case Studies
Analyzing real financial statements and presenting your findings. This is where theory meets application and you discover what you actually retained from the earlier modules.
