CAT3
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Read Your Own Financials

You can have perfectly clean books and still run the business blind. This course takes the three statements apart line by line, shows how they connect, and ends with the short list of numbers worth checking every single month.

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1 lessons · about 4 minutes total

By the end you can

  • Read a P&L top to bottom and say what each section is telling you
  • Explain what your balance sheet says about risk and what you actually own
  • Trace why profit and cash disagree in any given month
  • Pick the five numbers to review monthly for your specific business

The syllabus.

  1. 1

    How to Read a Profit and Loss Statement

    Revenue at the top, net at the bottom, and six lines in between that decide whether you had a good month. Start with the one most owners misread.

    4 min read

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