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Fundamentals of Financial Planning, with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

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Fundamentals of Financial Planning, with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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3 hours to complete
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.7

517 reviews

3 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll 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.

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Assessments

2 assignments

Taught in English
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There is 1 module in this course

This free online 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 understand the value of financial planning and how it can help you to assess business opportunities. You will consider the cash flow cycle of your company and its impact on business growth and success. You will hear from Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women alumni as they share the benefits of cash flow analysis, and explore exercises that will guide you through understanding, creating and interpreting your Cash Flow Forecast. You will develop essential skills for forecasting the cash flow needs of your business. By the end of the course, you will feel more confident evaluating business opportunities and predicting future financial challenges, so that you can make strategic decisions 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. You can find out more about the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women collection in the FAQs.

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.

What's included

5 videos17 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt4 plugins

5 videos•Total 15 minutes
  • Welcome•2 minutes
  • Introducing the cash flow cycle•3 minutes
  • Developing a Cash Flow Forecast•3 minutes
  • Analyzing a Cash Flow Forecast•3 minutes
  • The value of forecasting•3 minutes
17 readings•Total 103 minutes
  • Getting started•10 minutes
  • Comparing cash flow and profit•2 minutes
  • Calculating and using cash flow ratios•10 minutes
  • Your current cash flow cycle•5 minutes
  • Improving cash flow cycles•5 minutes
  • Why is a Cash Flow Forecast important?•5 minutes
  • Using a Cash Flow Forecast•5 minutes
  • Gathering further information from your Cash Flow Forecast•2 minutes
  • Forecasting assumptions (Exercise 4)•10 minutes
  • Improving cash flow•10 minutes
  • Preparing to model cash flow improvements•2 minutes
  • Reflecting on cash flow•5 minutes
  • Begin your forecasting (Exercise 6)•5 minutes
  • Next steps for your forecasting•5 minutes
  • Recording your progress•10 minutes
  • Congratulations•10 minutes
  • Progressing to the next course in 10,000 Women•2 minutes
2 assignments•Total 10 minutes
  • End of course assessment•0 minutes
  • Check your understanding (Exercise 1)•10 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Reflect on your forecasting•10 minutes
4 plugins•Total 45 minutes
  • Join the 10,000 Women Mailing List•15 minutes
  • Your current cash flow cycle (Exercise 2)•10 minutes
  • Completing a Cash Flow Forecast (Exercise 3)•10 minutes
  • Modeling cash flow improvements (Exercise 5)•10 minutes

Instructors

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4.6 (140 ratings)
Goldman Sachs
58 Courses•484,357 learners

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Reviewed on Dec 10, 2021

Awesome. Exactly what I needed to get me started on the right foot in my new business venture.

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very practical and detailed approach to helping you get it. highly interactive too. i loved it!

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Reviewed on Feb 6, 2025

Not helpful if you are a service based business. It was still good to know if I want to expand and start selling inventory.

Frequently asked questions

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women is a collection of 10 core courses which provide a practical business education – strengthening your business knowledge, skills and plans for growth. This core collection is supplemented by a range of shorter elective courses. The courses are suitable for any entrepreneur looking to take their business to the next level.

There is not a certificate offered for completion of individual courses in the 10,000 Women collection. (The FAQ above is a standard Coursera message and does not apply to this course.)

No. Goldman Sachs 10,000 Womenoffers a flexible online learning experience. You can take any course, or combination of courses, to tailor your learning journey to your individual business growth needs. Participants find that completing all 10 core courses enables them to explore all the key elements of their business and develop a thorough plan for their business’s growth.

The course is entirely free for all participants.

The course has been designed with approximately five hours of engagement. You can take as long as you need to complete the course without losing access.

If you want more time to complete the course, or wish to return to it later, Coursera may prompt you to reset your deadlines. This doesn’t affect your progress, but you will need to reset so you see can the most up-to-date course content and take the quizzes. It takes seconds and is very easy.

By completing the course, you will gain skills and strategies for developing your business growth, focussed on refining your key business growth opportunity, essential for successful business growth. Once you complete the course, you will also receive additional learning materials to further support your business, including video, exercises and detailed guidance on related topics to further expand your skills and knowledge.

If you choose to complete all 10 courses, you will explore and develop all the key areas to promote and plan your business’s growth. You will also be able to fully develop your Business Growth Plan (BGP). Your BGP is a valuable output and provides a framework for your business opportunity. It encourages you to analyze yourself, your business and environment, and guides your business growth. You can develop your BGP by completing a series of exercises in the 10 courses of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women.

Eligible participants who complete all 10 courses will also be invited to join the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Alumni Community, offering a range of benefits to further your business growth including events, further training and fellowship opportunities. Visit the to find out more.

You can take the courses in 10,000 Women in any order. The elective courses are designed to complement the core collection of 10 courses and can be completed before, after or between core courses, depending on you and your business's

To access the course materials, assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid. The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.

Financial aid available,