Udemy – Business Math for the Math-Averse

Does the idea of learning business math make you break into a cold sweat?  In about 3 hours we can overcome those fears and break down the complexity into easy to remember techniques that will have you interpreting the numbers and making fact-based decisions with confidence.  Maybe you’re an entrepreneur who wants to better understand how to analyze your financial data.  Or perhaps you work for a company in a non-financial capacity and you want to make greater contributions by broadening your understanding of finance concepts.  If so, this course is for you.

Here is the approach we will take:

• Refresh our understanding of math basics, including percentages, fractions, decimals, ratios and exponents
• Warm up our Excel skills with some statistical functions, formulas and budget templates
• Walk through time value of money concepts
• Learn the difference between simple and compound interest, along with Excel formulas to make it simple
• Understand return-on-investment and analyze internal rate of return using Excel
• Analyze an income statement and become familiar with the key metrics
• Monitor costs and efficiency while identifying the breakeven point for your business using Excel
• Become conversant in statistical concepts such as mean, median, and standard deviation using Excel
• Analyze a balance sheet and calculate the key ratios
• Calculate probability for simple and complex scenarios and put a monetary value on uncertain outcomes

• Entrepreneurs or small business owners who have been told “You need to understand your numbers better”
• Individual contributors who want to have a broader impact in their career
• Anyone considering a career in accounting or finance who wants an introduction to business math
• Aspiring financial analysts
• Newly promoted managers or team leads who have budget responsibilities
• Marketing analysts & coordinators who want to understand basic statistics
• Those who have had a troubled relationship with numbers but need to understand the concepts