Financial Questions

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 2 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: defend your financials under scrutiny — CAC and LTV with methodology, burn and runway tied to milestones, projections with named levers, and a stress-test you volunteer first.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Numbers don't lie — founders shouldn't either

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Financial Questions

    Read a 328-word text about Financial Questions

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Financial Questions Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: A financial deep dive, answered whole

    Read a 294-word text about A financial deep dive, answered whole

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Financial Question Language

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Reading the numbers like an investor

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Financial Deep Dive

    Role-play: You're in a second meeting with a Series A investor who wants to dig deep into your financial projections and unit economics. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your numbers, under scrutiny

    3 discussion questions

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granularscrutinizemethodologychurn rateexpansion revenueburn raterunwaybreak even

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