Having a strong grasp of your finances is of great advantage as you grow your business. However, many well-established business owners can lack confidence in using financial documents to make decisions. Kalyani: When I started my business, my complete attention was to creating products and less to the Balance Sheet or the financial part. But then I realized it is a very integral part of your business, and we need to really take care of our finances. Ayo: My situation was pretty dismal because not only did I not have an idea of my financial situation, I didn't even have a bank account. So, I had no records whatsoever of what was coming in, or what was going out. All I knew was that money was coming in. I didn't even know if I was profitable or not. Ehime: I'm not an accounting person – I just hate numbers, I just hate it – I always have. I thought it was something I could just hand over to an accountant. It just made me realize, look, if you're going to be the CEO of this company, you need to know about finances; you need to know about accounting, so you can make those critical decisions for your business. During the development of your business, you may not have had the time to build your skills in financial management. You may have trusted other people working with your finances, but be unclear what questions you should be asking them. You will work through a step-by-step guide, starting with the fundamentals, so that you can make informed financial business decisions. You will explore two key financial statements that reveal the status of your business. These documents provide an accurate summary of how the business is doing, to help you grow, and to guide your decision-making. Let's hear about the impact 10,000 Women has had on our alumni's financial management. Kavitha: Let me be honest in telling I was not confident before starting 10,000 Women. Only after 10,000 Women I understood how important is it to know your Balance Sheet and know your ratio analysis – know your financial statements. Jingting: After I graduated from the program, I learned a lot: how to read the Income Statements and Balance Sheets. I think it's very helpful for us. At least we have a view of how it's going on and what we can do. Ehime: I think what it just did for us was really try to put structure and build a solid foundation to help the business really grow, and develop into a real business. It helped us really look at our numbers, look at what we were doing wrong and what we were doing right; it helps you really grow as a business.