What you'll learn

You’re exceptional at what you do - yet, budget requests get denied, priorities get overruled, and sometimes you feel lost when people talk in financial terms. In this course, Business Acumen Fundamentals, you’ll gain the ability to speak and understand the strategic language of business fluently, connecting your work directly to the financial outcomes your organization runs on. First, you’ll explore how the profit and loss statement works and your role within it. Next, you’ll discover how business metrics like CAC, churn, and conversion connect to the systems you already work in and how to put a real number on your impact. Finally, you’ll learn how to understand company strategy like an insider, plus using AI to cut through the noise and extract what matters most for your work and impact. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of business acumen needed to become the person who shapes the decisions, priorities, and investments.