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Fundamentals of Financial Planning, with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women (Coursera)

Offered by Goldman Sachs,

This course is one of 10 courses available in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women collection, designed for entrepreneurs ready to take their business to the next level. In this course, you will begin to develop and optimize your business for growth by considering your cash flow cycle and examining the impact that this can have on your success.

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You will hear from Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women alumni as they share the benefits of analyzing their cash flow, and explore exercises that will guide you through understanding, creating and interpreting your Cash Flow Forecast. You will develop essential skills for predicting your cash flow needs for your business. By the end of the course you will feel more confident predicting future financial challenges, so that you can make strategic choices for your business as it grows.
To complete all the exercises in this course, you will need to gather key financial information from your business. If you need help understanding your business’s finances, you can complete one of the other Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women courses, ‘Fundamentals of Business Finance’, to help you prepare.
The 10,000 Women course collection offers a truly flexible online learning experience. You have the freedom to approach the program in any way that works for you – take any course, or combination of courses, to tailor your learning journey to your individual business growth needs. If you choose to take all 10 courses, you will explore all the key elements of your business and develop a thorough plan for your business’s growth.

What You Will Learn

Evaluate your business’s cash flow cycle, and identify areas for improvement.
Review financial assumptions as they relate to business opportunities.
Develop a Cash Flow Forecast for your opportunity to assess its financial feasibility.
Assess your opportunity in terms of key financial measures.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Fundamentals of Financial Planning, with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women
This course looks at cash flow in your business, and the impact this can have on your success. The exercises guide you through understanding and interpreting a Cash Flow Forecast, which is essential to predicting, and improving your future cash flow needs. The aim of the course is for you to be able to predict financial challenges, so that you can make strategic choices for your business.

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