Financial (or business) acumen is essential for all managers and owners of businesses if they are to truly understand how to make them successful. This book is dedicated to helping non-financial people understand business finance easily and painlessly. Written by an experienced and popular teacher of finance to thousands of non-financial managers, it explains all the key financial terms and concepts in a simple manner, and by doing so, shows the main connections between what people in the operations of a business do and the overall corporate goals of a company. The book is divided into five sections: the goals of a business; understanding financial statements; key financial metrics; cash is king; and operational drivers of financial success. Concise, intuitive and designed for great accessibility, this is the dream-book for all those non-financial managers and owners who want a quick and motivating read on finance in order to obtain that necessary business acumen.