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Boot Camps

Accounting and Finance Boot Camps

Free, short lessons from Paul Hynek's Pepperdine course. Learn the basics that matter, so you can walk investors through your numbers without the deer in the headlights look.

Accounting 101

Based on the class Paul teaches at Pepperdine: a quick summary of accounting, so you know why we have a Profit and Loss, a Cash Flow Statement and a Balance Sheet, and what to look for in each.

  1. What Is Accounting?5 min
  2. The Lemonade Stand6 min
  3. The Three Financial Statements6 min
  4. The P&L, Line by Line8 min
  5. Cash Flow, Line by Line8 min
  6. The Balance Sheet, Line by Line7 min
  7. Putting It All Together6 min

Finance 101

Even quicker: cash, burn and runway, breakeven, and the time value of money, so you understand how investors judge an investment.

  1. Cash Is Not Profit7 min
  2. Breakeven4 min
  3. ROI and Payback Period5 min
  4. The Time Value of Money7 min
  5. NPV and IRR6 min
  6. What Investors Look For5 min
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