The American Dream MBA Finance: Understanding Your Numbers So You Never Fly Blind

By Mason Everhart

The American Dream MBA Finance: Understanding Your Numbers So You Never Fly Blind

You can't steer a business with your eyes closed.
Too many entrepreneurs and small business owners avoid their numbers. Spreadsheets feel intimidating, financial terms sound confusing, and as long as there's some money in the bank, everything seems "fine"... until it isn't.

The American Dream MBA: Finance is your plain-English guide to finally understanding what your business's money is trying to tell you-without needing an accounting degree or an expensive CFO.
This isn't a textbook. It's a practical handbook for real people with real bills, real goals, and no time for jargon.

In this volume, you will discover: The Three Numbers That Matter Most: A simple way to think about revenue, profit, and cash-so you always know where you stand.Where Your Money Actually Goes: How to break down costs, spot waste, and protect your margins.Profit vs. Cash Flow (and Why It Matters): How a "profitable" business can still run out of money-and how to avoid that trap.Basic Financial Statements, Demystified: Profit & Loss: Are you really making money?Balance Sheet: What you own, what you owe, and what's left.Cash Flow: Why timing is everything.Budgeting That Doesn't Suck: A simple, flexible way to plan your money so you can invest with confidence instead of guessing.Smart Spending, Smart Saving: How to decide when to cut costs, when to invest, and when to wait.Key Metrics for Small Businesses: Lifesaving numbers like runway, break-even point, and customer profitability-explained in everyday language.Talking to Pros Without Feeling Dumb: How to work with bookkeepers, accountants, and bankers so they help you, not confuse you.The American Dream MBA series is business education for builders-the people creating their own opportunities, often with limited resources and big ambitions.
If you're ready to stop avoiding your numbers and start using them as a powerful decision-making tool, The American Dream MBA: Finance will show you how.

Understand your money. Protect your business. Grow with confidence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GDZYJCXX
• ISBN13: 9798242572379
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"