Understanding Financial Health Through Real Analysis
We started in 2021 with a straightforward goal: help businesses in Taiwan actually understand their financial statements instead of just filing them away. Turns out, there was a real need for that.
How We Got Here
Back in early 2021, I was consulting for small manufacturers in southern Taiwan. Same pattern kept showing up: owners who could build amazing products but had no idea if they were actually making money. They'd look at their balance sheets like they were written in another language.
So we started running weekend workshops. Just practical stuff about liquidity ratios and cash flow timing. Nothing fancy. Word spread pretty quickly once people realized they could actually use what we taught on Monday morning.
By 2023, we'd formalized the curriculum and moved into full education programs. Now we focus specifically on liquidity and solvency because that's where businesses run into the most immediate trouble. You can be profitable on paper and still run out of cash to pay suppliers.
What Makes Our Approach Different
We're not trying to turn you into an accountant. We focus on the specific financial metrics that tell you whether your business can survive next month and next year.
Real Case Studies
Every module uses actual financial statements from Taiwan businesses. We work through real scenarios where liquidity problems developed and how they could have been spotted earlier.
Focused Scope
We don't cover everything in finance. Just liquidity analysis, solvency ratios, and cash flow forecasting. Three areas that matter most for business survival.
Immediate Application
Each week you learn something you can apply to your own financials that same week. No waiting until the end of the course to start using what you've learned.
Who's Teaching
Small team. Both of us spent years doing financial consulting before we got tired of seeing the same preventable problems. Teaching felt like a better way to help more businesses at once.
Torben Lindqvist
Program DirectorSpent twelve years in manufacturing finance before switching to education. Specialized in working capital management for export businesses. Still consults occasionally but mostly focuses on curriculum development now.
Ailsa Devereux
Lead InstructorFormer credit analyst who got frustrated explaining the same liquidity concepts over and over in loan meetings. Joined in 2022 to develop our solvency analysis modules. Handles most of the live instruction sessions.
Start With Cash
Profitability matters, but cash flow keeps you alive. We teach liquidity analysis first because it's the most immediate concern for any business owner.
Context Matters
A current ratio of 1.5 means different things in different industries. We teach you how to interpret ratios based on your specific business context and sector norms in Taiwan.
Trends Over Snapshots
One quarter's numbers don't tell you much. We focus on teaching trend analysis over time so you can spot problems developing before they become critical.
Practical Tools
You don't need expensive software to do meaningful financial analysis. We teach methods using spreadsheets and basic financial statements you already have access to.
Next Program Starts November 2025
Our autumn cohort runs for twelve weeks starting mid-November. Classes meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings online, with recorded sessions available if you can't attend live. We keep groups small so there's time for individual questions.
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