Finance for Startups

Good question. Try something like https://www.coursera.org/learn/finance-for-startups , https://www.coursera.org/learn/startup-financing-without-vc - and other akin courses there. Some of them are more or less ok.

The majority of a founders job usually revolves around finance. I really recommend that you spend the time to become really comfortable talking about your balance sheet and P&L.

You don't need to be an accountant, but just understanding the definitions of things like Revenue, Cost Of Goods, Gross Margin, ebitda, these things will become a part of your vocabulary pretty quick.

Literally 1 day of googling and you can have the basics. Or run through a course like this:

https://www.coursera.org/learn/finance-for-startups

It was admittedly a little difficult finding courses not part of a specialization that requires paying for. Here's the goods though.

Older ones that may/may not still be open:

• Financial Accounting Fundamentals
• Managerial Accounting Fundamentals
• More Introduction to Financial Accounting (This one is a sequel, but the first is part of a specialization course *cries*)

Upcoming:

• Finance for Start-Ups
• Auditing I: Conceptual Foundations of Auditing
• Accounting for Decision Making

I think there's more but this should get you started. When you click enroll it will ask if you want to pay for it, just select the second option (free).

Good luck!