Course Description

The course is about how to forecast sales and how to manage and improve upon your own personal cashflow. We cover what cashflow is, ways in which cash flows in to us, improvements to the cashflow, cashflow problems and how to reduce your debt to improve the cashflow situation. Many people have payments going out to cover debt repayments (or to just service the debt ie through interest payments) and this in itself can be a huge obstacle to improving the cashflow - and this is also something that the course covers.

There's a video to explain the concepts of:

  • Sales forecasting
  • Cashflow management

And a downloadable book for reducing debt levels - to improve the cashflow.

The course will take approx 1 hour to complete.

It's an ideal course if you are working in the accounts / finance department and/or if you are thinking of embarking on a career in accountancy or bookkeeping and part of your requirement is to create cashflow forecasts and report back to the owners of the firm.

If you are thinking of starting your own business and want to plan your business better and how you can improve upon those numbers, then this course is for you.

Also, if you are trying to improve your own personal financial situation, then understanding how cashflow works, and how it can be better managed will be very useful for you.

The type of terminology you can expect on the course is largely business-focused, so we'll talk about assets, liabilities, expenses, income, forecasting, projecting, cashflow, budgeting - a lot of 'accounting' talk. These concepts are explained, and we don't expect the students to have any prior knowledge of any of this.

You are also given a cashflow forecast template - which you can use for your business, and a template for your personal figures, so that you can use this material for your personal life too.

Serial author and entrepreneur

Lisa Newton

Lisa Newton BA MSc FMAAT has a masters degree in Investment Management and a first class honours degree in Accounting with Marketing. She formed her first company in 2004 with £150 in the same month of graduating from City University, London UK. Lisa has never had a full time 9 to 5 job in her life. She's a serial entrepreneur and author who holds directorships in various industries including telecoms, software, hair & beauty as well as finance. She has won various awards in Business including: Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2007 and in 2008 Enterprising Business Award and has been nominated and shortlisted in numerous others. In 2011 and in 2012 one of her companies won Best Accounting Franchisor Award. Lisa's books include: How to write a book in two weeks, Constant Cashflow, Make the most of your money, How to start your own bookkeeping business, Cosmic ordering with Vision Boards and Quickbooks Online The Handbook. Some of the books are in audio-format on itunes and audible. Lisa supports the charity The MS Society. A speaker, coach, consultant and an avid networker, Lisa enjoys meeting people and working on projects with like-minded individuals. In her spare time, Lisa likes traveling, dancing salsa, writing books, learning languages, meditation and cosmic ordering.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    New Chapter

    • 1 Introduction

    • 2 What is cashflow?

    • 3 Forecasting

    • 4 Downloadable course materials

    • 5 Cashflow Planning

    • 6 Cashflow Planning part 2

    • 7 Where do people go wrong with Cashflow

    • 8 Personal Cashflow analysis

    • 9 My Numbers Story - personal cashflow analysis

    • 10 Debt

    • 11 Conclude