Live Webcasts
Telestrat periodically holds live interactive webcasts covering business topics. These live webcasts are scheduled at specific times and include both an online component and a phone teleconference.
Accounting Part I: Understanding Financial Statements
| Format: | Live webcast - facilitates real-time interaction with instructor |
| Date: | December 1, 2008 |
| Time: | 12pm - 2pm Eastern, 9am - 11am Pacific |
| CLE Credits: | Usually 1.5 - 2 depending on the state |
| Presented by: | Max Minkoff, Corporate Executive, Business Professor |
| Tuition: | $199/ Session |
Analyzing financial statements has been a task traditionally performed by investment bankers and accountants. However, with accounting scandals threatening to erode confidence in corporate America, attorneys are taking on a prominent role in preparing and analyzing financial statements. From financial statement reporting to detecting fraud, this Continuing Legal Education (CLE/MCLE) course is designed to give attorneys a two hour overview of accounting techniques, their relevance, and problems associated with each.
Click here to download Chapter 1 of The Wall Street MBA by Telestrat President Reuben Advani
- Accounting Basics
- Double Entry Accounting
- Cash vs. Accrual Accounting
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Auditor's Report
- Footnotes
- Balance Sheet
- Uses
- Components
- Analysis
- Links to Income Statement and Cash Flow Statement
- Income Statement
- Uses
- Components
- Analysis
- Links to Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement
- Revenue Recognition
- Cash Flow Statement
- Uses
- Components
- Analysis
- Links to Income Statement and Balance Sheet
- Optimal Cash Balance
Max Minkoff
Corporate Executive, Business Professor
Max Minkoff is Chief Operating Officer of Telestrat Consulting, Inc., a financial advisory boutique which specializes in corporate valuation. Mr. Minkoff began his career with Rohm and Haas Company and has since served as CEO, COO, CFO, and CTO at a variety of emerging growth companies, beginning with VictorMaxx Technologies, a Virtual Reality consumer product company that he helped take public in 1995. Mr. Minkoff also started and worked with several other successful companies, including ShotTower LLC, a private-label foods manufacturer, Blogarithm, a popular Internet service for blog readers, and DocuVault Delaware Valley, a fast-growing records archive and destruction service.
Mr. Minkoff has taught university courses in business management and holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.