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Own Your Numbers Like a CEO

Master the P&L, cash flow, forecasting, and KPIs that drive your business — in plain English, with zero accounting background required — so you never have to fake it in a financial conversation again.

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CEO Financial Intelligence

"Your financials aren't a report card from your accountant — they're a dashboard you're supposed to be flying the plane with."

Olga C Bezrukova

What you'll learn

What you'll be able to do

  • Read and interpret a full P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement with confidence
  • Calculate and improve gross margin, burn rate, and runway for your specific business
  • Build a rolling 12-month financial forecast and a realistic operating budget
  • Identify your true break-even point and the exact levers that move it
  • Define and track the 5–7 KPIs that actually signal the health of your business
  • Walk into any board meeting, investor conversation, or bank discussion fully prepared

How it works

A school that adapts to you

This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.

We learn your level

A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.

Lessons adapt as you go

Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.

Your AI coach keeps you moving

Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.

The curriculum

What's inside your school

6 modules · 24 lessons

1

The CEO Money Mindset

Shifts founders from financial avoidance to ownership by establishing why understanding your numbers is a core leadership responsibility.

  • 1.1Why Financial Literacy Is a CEO SuperpowerIncluded
  • 1.2How the Three Core Statements ConnectIncluded
  • 1.3Reading Your Numbers Without an Accounting DegreeIncluded
2

Profit & Loss Mastery

Builds deep fluency with the P&L so founders can diagnose performance, spot problems, and make smarter operating decisions.

  • 2.1Revenue: What It Is and What It Isn'tIncluded
  • 2.2Gross Margin: Your Business Model's Report CardIncluded
  • 2.3Operating Expenses: Fixed, Variable, and Everything In BetweenIncluded
  • 2.4Net Profit vs. EBITDA: What Each Number Tells YouIncluded
  • 2.5Analyzing Your Own P&L Like an InvestorIncluded
3

Balance Sheet & Cash Flow Decoded

Gives founders a working command of the balance sheet and cash flow statement — the two most misunderstood financial documents in early-stage businesses.

  • 3.1The Balance Sheet: Assets, Liabilities, and What You Actually OwnIncluded
  • 3.2Cash Flow Statement: Where the Money Actually GoesIncluded
  • 3.3Why Profitable Businesses Run Out of CashIncluded
  • 3.4Burn Rate and Runway: How Long Can You Survive?Included
4

Break-Even, Budgets & Financial Control

Equips founders to set a realistic operating budget, find their break-even point, and use both as active management tools.

  • 4.1Finding Your True Break-Even PointIncluded
  • 4.2Building a Realistic Operating BudgetIncluded
  • 4.3Budget vs. Actuals: Turning Variances Into DecisionsIncluded
  • 4.4Controlling Costs Without Killing GrowthIncluded
5

Forecasting & Runway Planning

Teaches founders to build a rolling 12-month financial forecast and use scenario planning to navigate uncertainty with confidence.

  • 5.1Forecasting Fundamentals: Top-Down vs. Bottom-UpIncluded
  • 5.2Building a Rolling 12-Month Financial ForecastIncluded
  • 5.3Scenario Planning: Best Case, Base Case, Worst CaseIncluded
  • 5.4Extending Runway: Levers Every CEO ControlsIncluded
6

KPIs, Dashboards & the CEO Finance Conversation

Helps founders define their most important business metrics, build a simple financial dashboard, and confidently lead investor, board, and bank conversations.

  • 6.1Choosing the 5–7 KPIs That Actually Matter for Your BusinessIncluded
  • 6.2Building Your CEO Financial DashboardIncluded
  • 6.3What Your Numbers Are Really Telling YouIncluded
  • 6.4Owning the Room: Investors, Boards, and BanksIncluded

Who it's for

Is this you?

The First-Time Founder

You launched your first real business and need to understand your own financials before they become a crisis.

The Scaling CEO

You've grown past the scrappy stage and investors are asking questions — you need to own every number in the room.

The Bootstrapped Entrepreneur

Every dollar counts and you need to know exactly where your break-even is and how long your runway really lasts.

The Technical Co-Founder

You built the product but your co-founder handles the money — and it's time to change that dynamic.

The Agency or Services Owner

You're busy delivering for clients but foggy on gross margin, utilization, and whether you're actually profitable.

The Experienced Operator, New to the Top Seat

You rose through the ranks and now run the business — but financial oversight was never part of your training.

Questions

Frequently asked

Your teacher

A note from your teacher

Olga C Bezrukova

Olga C Bezrukova

Let me guess: you started your business because you're great at what you do — not because you love staring at spreadsheets. And for a while, that was fine. You could feel whether things were going well or not.

But at some point, "feeling it" stopped being enough. Maybe an investor asked about your gross margin and you gave a vague answer. Maybe you hit a profitable quarter and still had almost no cash. Maybe you've been avoiding a real conversation with your CFO or bookkeeper because you don't want to look like you don't understand your own business. If any of that sounds familiar, I want you to know: it's not a character flaw. Nobody teaches CEOs how to actually read their financials. You were handed a P&L and expected to just... figure it out.

I built this school because I've seen what happens when founders finally get clear on their numbers — and it's transformational. Not in a cheesy, motivational-poster way. I mean they make different decisions. They stop bleeding cash on the wrong line items. They negotiate better because they know what their business can actually support. They stop dreading board meetings and start running them. That shift from anxious to clear-eyed is what this entire school is designed to create.

Here's what I want you to understand: financial intelligence is not the same as accounting. You don't need to learn debits and credits. You don't need to become a numbers person. You need to understand what your P&L is telling you about your business model, why your cash flow can look terrible even when you're profitable, how to build a forecast that's actually useful, and which five to seven numbers you should be watching every single week. That's it. And all of it is learnable — in plain English, with real examples, built around the decisions you're already making.

This school goes from the CEO money mindset all the way through scenario planning and investor conversations. It's structured so each piece connects — because your financials aren't separate documents, they're one interconnected story about your business. By the end, you'll know how to read that story, shape it, and tell it with confidence.

If you're ready to stop outsourcing your financial intuition and start leading your business the way you always intended to — this is where we start. I'll see you inside.

Olga C Bezrukova

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