Numbers, clear to you

Am I really making money, and where is my money going? Business numbers aren't for the accountant; they're for you, and you can read them yourself. That's the thesis of Karen Berman and Joe Knight in Financial Intelligence: numbers are a language, and language can be learned. Greg Crabtree at Simple Numbers goes one step further: of all the statements, three or four figures tell the whole story. At this level you learn to read those numbers without any unnecessary terms—the balance sheet, revenue, cash—and the big difference between profit and cash on hand.