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Practical finance education for founders and leadership teams.

Chartered Accountant-led programmes for executives, founders and finance teams — delivered as briefings, workshops and cohort programmes with incubators and corporates.

§ 01 Programmes

Twelve programmes. Two learning tracks.

Chartered Accountant-led programmes built for decision-makers, not accountants. Each one pairs a live, case-based session with a toolkit participants keep using after the room empties.

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12
programmes
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2
learning tracks
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90 min–1 day
flexible formats
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Online / in person
India and international
Track 1

Founder Finance Track

Seven sessions that take a founder from reading the numbers to raising capital. Run as a cohort or pick individual modules.

FIN-101

Finance for Non-Finance Leaders

Read the P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, and see how everyday decisions move each one.

3 hrs · Founders · business heads
FIN-102

Cash Flow & Working Capital in Action

Release cash through better advances, collections, inventory and supplier-credit decisions.

3 hrs · Founders · sales · operations
FIN-202

Unit Economics & Profitable Growth

Separate growth that creates value from growth that burns it — contribution, CAC, payback and break-even.

3 hrs · Founders · product · sales
FIN-201

Budgeting, Forecasting & Management MIS

Turn plans into a monthly rhythm of reports, variances and accountable actions.

4 hrs · CXOs · finance · unit heads
VAL-201

Valuation Fundamentals for Business Decisions

Understand DCF, multiples and value drivers well enough to challenge the assumptions.

4 hrs · Founders · leadership
FUND-301

Funding & Investor Readiness

Build a credible financial story, funding ask, use of funds and investor-ready data room.

4 hrs · Founders · CFOs
TAX-101

Business Tax & Compliance Essentials

The data discipline and control calendar behind GST, TDS, income tax and entity compliance.

3 hrs · India track
Full track

Run the full track for your cohort

All seven sessions — weekly, or as two intensive days — with a founder toolkit for every participant.

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Track 2

Controls, Reporting & Readiness

For finance teams, process owners and promoters preparing for audits, investors, acquirers or a listing.

CTL-201

SOPs, RCMs & Internal Controls

Turn process knowledge into clear SOPs, risks, controls, owners and testable evidence.

4 hrs
AUD-201

Audit Readiness Without the Last-Minute Chaos

Year-round PBC discipline, reconciliations and an evidence trail that makes audits routine.

3 hrs
FIN-301

Fast Close & Board-Ready Reporting

Shorten the close and produce a board pack that explains performance, cash, risks and decisions.

4 hrs
DD-301

Due Diligence Readiness

Anticipate diligence questions, clean key schedules and handle red flags before investors arrive.

4 hrs
IPO-301

IPO Readiness: Finance & Controls Roadmap

Assess gaps across reporting, governance, controls, data and people ahead of a listing.

Full day · India track
What every programme includes
  1. ABranded participant presentation with a realistic case and exercise
  2. BFacilitator-led discussion tailored to your sector and stage
  3. CToolkit guide with frameworks and a worked example
  4. DExcel workbook — diagnostic, calculator and templates
  5. E30-day action plan with 7-, 30- and 60-day follow-up reviews
Formats
  1. 01Executive briefing90 minutes, ideal for founder cohorts and leadership meetings
  2. 02Workshop3 to 4 hours with case work and exercises
  3. 03Cohort programmeA full track delivered weekly
  4. 04Implementation labMulti-session, applied to your own numbers. Online or in person.
For incubators, accelerators & founder communities

Bring the Founder Finance Track to your cohort.

Give your founders the financial fluency investors expect. Run all seven sessions as a cohort programme or choose the modules your founders need most, with examples tailored to their sectors and stages and a toolkit for every participant.

§ 02 From our sessions

Programme highlights

Photographs will appear here as programmes are delivered.

FIN-102Cash Flow & Working CapitalPhotos coming soon
FIN-101Finance for Non-Finance LeadersPhotos coming soon
FUND-301Funding & Investor ReadinessPhotos coming soon

Bring practical finance capability to your team.