Understanding Your Business Through Numbers
We've spent years working with businesses who felt overwhelmed by their financial data. The numbers were there, but the story they told wasn't clear. Our approach focuses on making business activity analysis accessible and genuinely useful for strategic decisions.
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Three Pillars of Financial Clarity
Over the past decade, we've noticed patterns in how businesses struggle with financial data. It's rarely about the numbers themselves—it's about context, timing, and knowing which metrics actually matter for your specific situation.
Pattern Recognition
Learning to spot trends before they become problems. We teach practical methods for identifying seasonal fluctuations, cash flow patterns, and early warning signals that deserve your attention.
Context Building
Numbers without industry benchmarks don't tell you much. Our approach includes building relevant comparison frameworks so you understand whether your margins reflect market conditions or internal inefficiencies.
Decision Frameworks
We focus on translating analysis into actionable insights. The goal isn't perfect forecasting—it's developing structured approaches for evaluating opportunities and risks based on your actual financial position.
Nadine Valtonen
Senior Financial Analyst
Kaspian Thorvaldsen
Business Strategy ConsultantLearning From Practitioners
Nadine spent twelve years analyzing mid-market manufacturing businesses before moving into education. She saw the same mistakes repeated—not because people lacked intelligence, but because they'd never been shown practical frameworks for interpreting their financial statements.
Kaspian comes from a different angle. His background in operational consulting meant watching businesses make strategic decisions based on incomplete financial pictures. He focuses on teaching how to extract relevant insights when you're dealing with limited time and imperfect data.
"Most business owners I've worked with can read a P&L statement just fine. Where they struggle is understanding what those numbers mean for next quarter's decisions. That's the gap we're trying to close."
Both bring real-world experience to their teaching. They've made the mistakes themselves, worked through the challenging quarters, and developed approaches that actually hold up under pressure. Our autumn 2025 programs reflect that practical foundation.
Building Your Analysis Capability
Our structured approach takes participants from fundamental concepts through advanced scenario planning over an eight-month period. Starting September 2025, we're running cohorts designed for busy professionals.
Financial Statement Fundamentals
First eight weeks cover reading and interpreting standard financial documents. You'll work with real anonymized business data, learning to spot inconsistencies and ask better questions of your own numbers. We address common misconceptions about profit versus cash flow here.
Ratio Analysis and Benchmarking
Weeks nine through sixteen focus on comparative analysis. You'll learn which ratios actually matter for different business models and how to build meaningful industry comparisons. Participants bring their own business data for practical application during this phase.
Forecasting and Scenario Planning
Final twelve weeks tackle forward-looking analysis. We work through building realistic forecasts, stress-testing assumptions, and developing contingency frameworks. The emphasis is on practical methods that don't require complex software or extensive financial modeling background.
Ready to Strengthen Your Financial Analysis Skills?
Our next intake begins September 2025. Sessions run Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings to accommodate working professionals. We keep cohorts small—maximum sixteen participants—so everyone gets direct interaction with instructors.
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