Finance
Business Finance for Small Business Owners: Profit, Cash and Growth
Learn the money side of running a small business: pricing for profit, keeping simple records, understanding cash flow, separating personal and business money, basic tax awareness, funding options and growth decisions. Practice with realistic numbers, finish two assignments and earn a certificate. Education only, not accounting or tax advice.
BEGINNER 276 min · 17 lessonsBy Career Forge
What you'll learn
- Tell the difference between revenue, profit and cash
- Price products and services so they make a profit
- Keep simple, accurate business records
- Read and manage cash flow
- Separate personal and business money
- Understand tax and registration basics
- Choose between funding options and avoid debt traps
- Build a simple monthly business plan
Requirements
- A small business, side hustle or business idea (real or imaginary)
- Basic maths
- No accounting knowledge needed
Curriculum
Business Money Basics
- 📊 Revenue, profit and cashPreview
- 🧠 Quick check: business money basics
- 👋 Welcome: why business owners run out of moneyPreview
Pricing and Records
- 🏷️ Pricing for profit
- 🧮 Break-even point
- 🧾 Simple records that save you
- 🧠 Pricing and records checkpoint
- 🏷️ Assignment 1: Price and break-even
Cash, Tax and Growth
- 🏦 Separate your money
- 🌱 Funding and growing safely
- 🧠 Cash, tax and growth checkpoint
- 💧 Assignment 2: Cash flow and money rules
- 💧 Cash flow: the lifeblood
- 🧮 Registration, tax and legal basics
Final Exam: Your Business Money Plan
- 🧰 Business finance cheat sheet
- 🎓 You did it! Certificate and what is next
- 🏁 FINAL EXAM: Your business money plan