The Complete Introduction To Accounting and Finance

The Original Course on Accounting & Finance! It's easy once you know the basics. Learn introductory accounting & finance

4.41 (1998 reviews)
Udemy
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English
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Accounting & Bookkeeping
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14,146
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8.5 hours
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Oct 2022
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$109.99
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What you will learn

Learn From A Top Rated Instructor Who Has Been Teaching On Udemy Since 2013 and Taught Over 100,000 Students!

Understand Basic Accounting Concepts

Accounting Terminology

Accounting Fundamentals

The Audit Process

The Accounting Cycle

Debits and Credits

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Payable

Forecasting and Budgeting

Interpreting Financial Statements

Balance Sheets

Income Statements

Statement of Cash Flows

Inventory Accounting and Cost Accounting

Waterfall Reporting

How to Raise Funds For Your Business

The IPO Process

Exit Strategies

Description

Are You An Entrepreneur or Small Business Owner?

Does Accounting Seem Overwhelming? 

Do Numbers And Financial Reports Confuse You?

Would You Like To Learn Accounting & Finance in a Fun & Easy Way?

If You Answered "Yes" To Any Of The Above, Look No Further.  This Is The Course For You!

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Enroll today and join the 100,000+ successful students I have taught as a Top Rated Udemy instructor!

Three reasons to TAKE THIS COURSE right now:

  1. You get lifetime access to lectures, including all new lectures, assignments, quizzes and downloads I add

  2. You can ask me questions and see me respond to every single one of them thoroughly!  This is an interactive course!

  3. You will are being taught by a professional with a proven track record of success!

  4. Bonus reason: Udemy has a 30 day 100% no questions asked money back guarantee!

Recent review:

"Excellent course! I was looking for an introductory course to accounting and finance as I am an investor in early stage startups, and accounting/finance always seems to be an area which is confusing for founders. Chris Benjamin definitely has used his real world experience and education to create a course which teaches entrepreneurs and startups everything they should know from the start about accounting and finance. Kudos!" - JT Lexington, Maven Capital


What Do You & I Cover In This Course?

This course teaches entrepreneurs, startups and small businesses all things business accounting and entrepreneurial finance related, A to Z.  Starting with an introduction to accounting concepts, we move into financial reports and how to create them, understand them and analyze them.  Bookkeepers, Accountants, CFO's and Business Owners alike would all benefit from this course. 

Next, we learn about budgeting and forecasting.  Next we discuss growing your company, how to understand and analyze it using non conventional reports. 

After growing your company, we talk about raising capital and what is involved and avenues you can take.  One section is devoted to the initial public offering process and the timing, costs and best business practices involved.

Last, we discuss exit strategies and how to give your investors and yourself a payoff for your hard work.

This course is truly a start to finish of accounting and finance.  At over 12 hours long, I wanted to make sure you will feel empowered and educated after taking the course. 


I Will Help You Throughout The Course!

At any point during the course if you are confused or need clarification, send me a message! I'm here to help YOU the student, and I love interacting with you.  I've been in accounting & finance over 20 years and can most likely answer your question. 

I have also included a copy of my ebook "Fund Your Startup by Chris Benjamin" which you will find as a download in the last lecture.  Learn your options for funding, where to find investors, how to wow them, and lastly the must do steps to successful funding!


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About The Instructor

Chris Benjamin, MBA & CFO is a seasoned professional with over 25 years experience in accounting and finance.  Having spent the first 10 years of my career in corporate settings with both large and small companies, I learned a lot about the accounting process, managing accounting departments, financial reporting, external reporting to board of directors and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and working with external auditors.  

The following 10+ years I decided to go into CFO Consulting, working with growing companies and bringing CFO level experience to companies.  I help implement proper best business practices in accounting and finance, consult on implementation of accounting systems, implementing accounting procedures, while also still fulfilling the CFO roll for many of my clients which includes financial reporting, auditing, working with investors, financial analysis and much more.  

Thank you for signing up for this course on Udemy. I look forward to being your instructor for this course and many more!

Chris Benjamin, Instructor, CFO & MBA


Content

Introduction to the Course

Introduction to the Course
Udemy Course Review System
Excel Basics - Formatting, Reports and Charts

Accounting 101

Section 2 Worksheet
Terminology
Debits & Credits
Assets
Liabilities
Equity
Revenue & Cost of Revenue
Expenses
Accounting for Fixed & Intangible Assets

Cost Accounting - Inventory

Section 3 Worksheet
Introduction to Cost Accounting
Direct Labor
Direct Materials
Overhead & Indirect Costs
Inventory Accounting
Summary of Inventory Accounting

Financial Statement Preparation

Section 4 Worksheet
Balance Sheet Preparation
Income Statement Prepartion
Statement of Cash Flows Preparation
Statement of Equity Preparation
Sample of Completed Financial Statements

Analyzing Financial Statements

Section 5 Worksheet
Balance Sheet Analysis
Income Statement Analysis
Statement of Cash Flow Analysis
Summary of Financial Ratios

Audited Financials

Section 6 Worksheet
How to Hire an Audit Firm
From the Auditors Perspective
The Audit Process
Sample Prepared by Client List
Sample Auditor Letter

Additional Financial Reporting

Section 7 Worksheet
Waterfall Reports
Review of Waterfall Report
Sample Waterfall Report
Budget to Actual Results
Review of Budget to Actual
Sample Budget to Actual

Budgets and Forecasts

Section 8 Worksheet
Budgeting General Concepts
Assumptions
Income Statement Forecasting
Balance Sheet Forecasting
Statement of Cash Flow Forecasting
Review of Forecast
Sample Forecast

Raising Capital

Section 9 Worksheet
Where to Begin
How to Determine Valuation
Sample of a Valuation Report
Avenues to Potential Investors
The Investment Process
The Investment Process Overview
Presenting to Investors
Investor Presentation Template
Term Sheets
Term Sheet Sample
Post-Funding: What to Consider

Exit Strategies

Section 10 Worksheet
Types of Exit Stratgies
Exit Strategies Overview
Mergers and Acquisitions
Management Buy Out
Secondary Markets

Going Public On The Stock Market

Section 11 Worksheet
The Initial Public Offering Process
IPO Process Flowchart
Costs to Go Public
Timeline
What It Means For the Company
What it Means For Past Investors

Conclusion to the Course

Course Conclusions
2020 Update - What's New In The Business For 2020
Recommended Next Steps
Bonus Lecture: Any of My Courses Huge Discount AND Free Ebook!

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Reviews

Jayrajsinh
October 16, 2023
definitely good content for every budding entrepreneur, just little feedback there might need to be some more in depth instruction or guiding process for finanacial forecast like how you can prepare your own documents with live in lecture process to of proper document creation for example income statement document. well it was really good lectures of different aspects of accountings and finance.
Terri-Lynn
October 13, 2023
Chris did an amazing job instructing this course, I gained a lot of knowledge that I was unaware of, and I look forward to completing more courses with him.
Alexander
September 21, 2023
It isn't bad, bought it thinking I'd be looking at more statements but he draws them out on a very small board instead which you can barely make out what is written and analyse it for yourself. The theory is ok for those who have a business themselves but kind of boring & repetitive to watch. Also sneezes a few times which was annoying in my headphones and doesn't edit it out but acts normal . Probably better courses out there
Christian
September 5, 2023
Unfortunately there's a lack of hands on experience, I was hoping to be working with PnL statements, Balance Sheets and Cash Flow Statement exercises, but there is none at all :( Other than that its fine I guess, but you never really learn from just listening...
Aneesh
August 31, 2023
Chris did a good job with explaining complex terms in a manner that someone without a background in Accounts and Financing can understand and adopt. I got more out of it than I was expecting. It has helped me in my startup journey as a founder.
Neha
August 24, 2023
The initial sections could have some more real time try-on exercises to make it more engaging and less lecture oriented.
Raman
August 17, 2023
very interesting informative enough for understanding the purpose and requirements of what is important and needed in the reports .
Arun
August 12, 2023
overall the course give me a lot of knowledge regarding the financial accounting . Basically I am a commerce student, so there is no difficulty for me to understand the course
Jacob
June 15, 2023
Great knowledge and great information for those looking to learn the vital information needed for business start-up and bookkeeping/accounting.
Martin
May 29, 2023
Overall great walkthrough, and I learned a few things that I hadn't expected to gain from. Going public, the IPO process etc. was very interesting. On the other hand, I would have loved to see more effort put into the financial statement analysis (basically the part that made me sign up for the course). It was still a great introduction, but maybe provide some more direct links or resources where people can find more information and build on top of this knowledge?
Devon
May 9, 2023
This was a fun and interesting course. It is a great course that gets you familiar with financial accounting and everything within it.
mayowa
May 8, 2023
I am so excited taking this course because i get to learn some topics i did not understand during my high school years.
Madhura
April 28, 2023
The course was good. I believed that it would be more focused on financial reports and statements and not much on IPO or like how to raise capital. I feel it was a little misleading there, but overall explanation was good.
William
April 21, 2023
I guess it is decent, I was looking for a course that would introduce me to accounting, it does a good job so far, but It is my fault for not reading the fine print.
Ethan
March 7, 2023
Great teacher, very understandable teaching method with to the point slides that are very informative.

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