Why did that company go on a store opening offensive during the COVID-19 pandemic? For investment, job changing, and job hunting. Assessing the future of a company from its financial statements. 'Understand the "Real" of a Company from Numbers! Financial Statements to Read the Future' goes on sale March 27
Takahashi Shoten will release a new business book on March 27 authored by popular Voicy personality 'Moso suru Kessan'. It teaches how to use financial statements to predict a company's future growth, requiring zero prior accounting knowledge.
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"I want to be able to understand the information of the companies I invest in," "I want to assess the growth potential of companies for changing jobs or job hunting," "I want to understand the numbers of my current company." Even if you look at information obtained from the internet or answers generated by AI, it is difficult to reach answers like, "So, is this company actually strong? Will it continue to grow?"
This book is designed to help you read and utilize "financial statements" to acquire the "ability to assess a company's future," a skill that 90% of business professionals feel is necessary.
## What you need is not just accounting knowledge or terminology explanations! Predicting a company's growth from its financial statements
Financial statements are originally a compilation of "past information." Even if you read the numbers in a "financial statement" and understand the trends, you cannot know the future from that alone.
This book is not just about reading financial statements, but about acquiring the skills to predict the future based on evidence. You can learn a "new way to utilize financial statements" that can be applied immediately even with zero accounting knowledge.
Benefits of "Reading the Future" from Financial Statements
● Grasp the reality of a company's management
● Understand the company's growth potential and bankruptcy risks
● Become stronger in making investment decisions
## Dialogue-style lessons by a popular "Voicy" personality. Easy to understand even with zero accounting knowledge
The author is "Moso suru Kessan," a popular personality on "Voicy," one of Japan's largest audio distribution platforms. The book explains how to use financial statements in an easy-to-understand dialogue format, much like listening to the radio.
Using the financial statements of familiar companies such as Hidakaya, JT, Nintendo, and Karaoke Manekineko as subject matter, readers will understand the big picture of how companies fight for survival with their business models, and acquire the ability to predict the future based on evidence (numbers).
This book is designed to help you read and utilize "financial statements" to acquire the "ability to assess a company's future," a skill that 90% of business professionals feel is necessary.
## What you need is not just accounting knowledge or terminology explanations! Predicting a company's growth from its financial statements
Financial statements are originally a compilation of "past information." Even if you read the numbers in a "financial statement" and understand the trends, you cannot know the future from that alone.
This book is not just about reading financial statements, but about acquiring the skills to predict the future based on evidence. You can learn a "new way to utilize financial statements" that can be applied immediately even with zero accounting knowledge.
Benefits of "Reading the Future" from Financial Statements
● Grasp the reality of a company's management
● Understand the company's growth potential and bankruptcy risks
● Become stronger in making investment decisions
## Dialogue-style lessons by a popular "Voicy" personality. Easy to understand even with zero accounting knowledge
The author is "Moso suru Kessan," a popular personality on "Voicy," one of Japan's largest audio distribution platforms. The book explains how to use financial statements in an easy-to-understand dialogue format, much like listening to the radio.
Using the financial statements of familiar companies such as Hidakaya, JT, Nintendo, and Karaoke Manekineko as subject matter, readers will understand the big picture of how companies fight for survival with their business models, and acquire the ability to predict the future based on evidence (numbers).