Small Business Finance Basics
Instructors: Ken Boyd
15 HOUR CLASS
Description
Accounting can be easy if you know how to use the right tools. Join creativeLIVE instructor Ken Boyd for a three-day introduction to the accounting and QuickBooks skills that are the foundation of every thriving small business.
Ken will cover everything you need to know about understanding and managing your business’s cash flow, to ensure that your business stays profitable and that you have the right amount of money at the right time. You’ll explore the principles of making sound business decisions that both grow your company and protect your bottom line. Ken will also cover best practices for integrating QuickBooks as an accounting tool, from setting up payment and invoicing systems to generating accounting reports to paying your company’s bills, and much more.
Whether you’re a first-time entrepreneur ready to learn the basics or a long-time business owner looking to sharpen your skills, this course will give you the tools you need to confidently manage your company’s finances — no stress or guesswork required.
Lessons
Session 1 (5h 33m)
- Day 1 Pre-Show
- 9:00 am – Quickbooks for Creatives
- 9:30 am – Finance Basics Q&A
- 10:30 am – Defining Your Financial framework
- 11:15 am – Creating Your Income Statement
- 12:45 pm – Diving into Quickbooks
- 1:15 pm – Basics to Quickbooks
- 1:45 pm – Basics to Quickbooks Part 2
- 2:30 pm – Quickbook Review
- 3:15 pm – Financial Info You Need to Know
- Day 1 Wrap Up
Session 2 (5h 43m)
- Day 2 Pre-Show
- 9:00 am – Business Formation: Sole Proprietor
- 9:30 am – Partnerships and Corporations
- 10:00 am – Business Formation Accounting
- 11:00 am – Separating Business from Personal
- 11:30 am – Preventing Theft in Your Business
- 12:45 pm – Paying Bills in Quickbooks
- 1:15 pm – Corporation Stocks and Payroll
- 1:45 pm – Payroll for Small Business
- 2:30 pm – Assets, Liabilities, and Equity
- 3:00 pm – Expenses in Quickbooks
- 3:30 pm – Ratios: Keep Track of Your Business
- Day 2 Wrap-Up
Session 3 (5h 47m)
- Day 3 Pre-Show
- 9:00 am – Income, Expenses & Generating Profit
- 9:30 am – Improving & Increasing Your Profit
- 10:00 am – Job Costing
- 11:00 am – Optimizing Cash Flow
- 11:30 am – Cash Inflow & Outflow
- 12:45 pm – Transactions and Using Reports
- 1:15 pm – Batch Actions in Quickbooks
- 1:45 pm – Banking in Quickbooks
- 2:30 pm – Better Business Decisions: Make vs. Buy
- 3:00 pm – Budget Amounts & Quickbooks Review
- 3:30 pm – Overview of Business and Beyond
- Day 3 Wrap-Up
Ken Boyd
Kenneth W. Boyd, a former CPA, has over 29 years of experience in accounting, education and financial services. Ken is the Founder and Owner of St. Louis Test Prep. He is the author of Cost Accounting for Dummies (Now available on Amazon). Boyd is also the co-author and subject matter expert for the book Accounting for Dummies All-In-One (Available Spring of 2014), and the author of The CPA Exam For Dummies (Available August 2014). In recent years, Ken has served as an Adjunct Professor of Accounting at the Cook School of Business at St. Louis University. He taught many accounting courses including Financial, Management, Intermediate and Cost Accounting to undergraduates at SLU. Boyd has also taught Financial, Management and Payroll Accounting at Sanford, Brown College. He currently serves as a part-time online instructor for Missouri College.
Ken also worked as an instructor for Dearborn Financial, a division of Kaplan, Inc. He was responsible for teaching test preparation courses for the National Association of Security Dealers (NASD) Series 7, 6 and 63 exams. In that role, he taught over 1,000 students in a 4 year period. Since April of ’99, Ken has accumulated thousands of hours of classroom instruction experience. Ken has written test questions for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Exam for ACT, Inc. More than a dozen of his test questions on Auditing were accepted for exam use in ’05 and ’06. In 2011, he wrote and reviewed test questions for the College Level Examination Program (CLEP)/ Accounting exam.
A veteran of KPMG – Peat Marwick’s audit department, Ken managed his own accounting practice for 6 years. He has extensive experience in financial services and non-profit accounting. Boyd has also worked as a consultant for Missouri Small Business Development Centers (SBDC). In that role, he reviewed over 50 business plans for small business owners and provided detailed feedback. While at SBDC, Ken participated as a speaker for various small business seminars. He trained as a facilitator for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s FastTrac courses.
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