Cash flow plan
Build a twelve-month cash flow plan for a business project.
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Economics & finance · 55Beginner
Manager & Entrepreneur
Managers or founders without a finance background.
Cash management and balance sheets, spreadsheet financial models, then competitive strategy and game theory.
212hours of coursework
22weeks at 10 h
3steps
15courses
3universities
Target skills
Income StatementStrategic Decision-MakingFinancial StatementsFinancial Statement AnalysisFinancial AcumenOperational EfficiencyFinancial AnalysisBalance SheetCredit RiskCash ManagementResource AllocationAccounts Receivable
Skill labels as listed on Coursera.
Target jobs
- Manager
- Founder
- Profit centre manager
Progression
- 1Duke UniversityBeginnerMicrosoft Excel
Stated prerequisites: No finance experience required; basic business operations and strategic thinking helpful
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Business Value Creation Beginner 4 h 4.7 (208) Cash Flow Management Beginner 4 h 4.8 (109) Balance Sheet and Business Cases Beginner 4 h 4.9 (50) Risk Management and Financial Theory Beginner 4 h 4.7 (54) Investment Evaluation Beginner 4 h 4.9 (52) Financial Statements Beginner 2 h 4.8 (104) Business Impact Beginner 2 h 4.8 (79) - 2University of PennsylvaniaBeginnerMicrosoft Excel, Spreadsheet Software
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling — 10 h 4.6 (9,396) Introduction to Spreadsheets and Models — 8 h 4.2 (3,893) Financial Acumen for Non-Financial Managers Beginner 10 h 4.5 (991) Introduction to Corporate Finance — 9 h 4.6 (6,478) - 3Illinois TechBeginner
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Competitive Strategy Intermediate 34 h 4.7 (95) Managerial Economics: Buyer and Seller Behavior Beginner 36 h 4.5 (61) Innovation and International Strategy Intermediate 40 h 4.8 (51) Business Economics and Game Theory for Decision Making Intermediate 41 h 4.5 (53)
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