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PMU Virtual Bootcamp

The Profit Mastery University curriculum, taught live by Colin King. Twelve hours over three weeks, and you'll know what to look at, when to look at it, and what to do about it.

August 11 to 27, 2026 · Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00 to 4:00 PM ET · Live on Zoom

When

August 11 to 27, 2026
Tuesdays and Thursdays
2:00 to 4:00 PM ET
6 sessions, 12 hours total

Where

Live on Zoom. One calendar invite, all six sessions preloaded.

Cost

$495, or included in PM Pro

The idea

The whole curriculum, taught live.

This is Profit Mastery University, all six modules, taught live by Colin instead of watched on your own. Same curriculum as our flagship in-person bootcamp. Same instructor. The only difference is where you sit.

Here's the plan: we teach it through case studies, working real financial statements on the screen together. You see the method run start to finish on a real set of books, then take the templates and the concepts and run the same plays on your own numbers. You're in a room of owners doing the same work, asking the same questions. Miss a class? The replay keeps you on pace.

The framework

The Seven Steps to Creating Value.

Everything in Profit Mastery hangs on these seven. Get them right and you build value. Miss them and you leak it, usually without seeing it happen. Every session tells you which step you're on.

  1. Plan properly
  2. Monitor your financial position
  3. Understand price, volume, and costs
  4. Manage cash flow
  5. Manage growth
  6. Borrow properly
  7. Plan for transition
Who this is for

You know your trade. The numbers, less so.

This is for owners of established businesses, roughly $500K to $10M. You are past the startup scramble. You are profitable (mostly). But the financials still read like a foreign language, and you can feel there is money getting left on the table somewhere. You just cannot always point to which decisions matter most. You are not looking for an accounting class. You want the operating system that lets you make a confident call on pricing, cash, growth, and the people you trust with your business. That is this.

The curriculum

Six sessions. Six modules.

Session 1 · Tue Aug 11 Module 1: Introduction · Step 1: Plan Properly

Build the foundation

Why businesses underperform, and the Seven Steps that keep you out of the ditch. You'll take the opening quiz, so you see which steps you're already losing ground on. Then the Financial Operating Cycle, and the three things your profit can actually do once you've earned it. This is the session that frames everything after it.

Session 2 · Thu Aug 13 Module 2 · Step 2: Monitor Financial Position

Read the numbers, find the story

The heart of the course. We build the Ratio Scorecard, put the ratios into plain words, and compare against your industry. Then we walk the Cause and Effect Road Map: start at a symptom, trace it back to what's actually causing it.

Tool: your Ratio Scorecard
Session 3 · Tue Aug 18 Module 3 · Step 3: Price-Volume-Costs

Break-even, then test a price move

How cost patterns move profit. Break-even in dollars and by unit. Then the what-ifs: change a price, a volume, or a cost, and see what it does before you commit. This is also how you judge a location or a department.

Tool: Break-Even
Session 4 · Thu Aug 20 Module 4 · Step 4: Manage Cash Flow

Profit and cash are not the same thing

We build a profit plan and cash budget step by step, then graph it. Seasonal swings, the patterns cash follows, and how to use a forecast for variance reporting. Cash is statistically the number one reason businesses fail.

Tool: Profit Plan and Cash Budget
Session 5 · Tue Aug 25 Module 5 · Step 5: Manage Growth

Growth consumes cash

What growth does to your balance sheet, and how to project the Financial Gap it opens before it opens. We size your future asset needs, then run the Sponge Technique to wring cash out of the balance sheet you already have.

Tool: Financial Gap Analysis
Session 6 · Thu Aug 27 Module 6 · Step 6: Borrow Properly

Borrow right, then tie it all together

Matching the life of the asset to the life of the loan, what your banker actually needs from you, and the Five C's of Credit. Then we recap all six modules end to end. Bring the questions you've been sitting on from the first five sessions, because this is where we clean them up and you leave with the whole system in one piece.

What you'll walk away with

Four tools you keep running.

  • Your Ratio Scorecard. The handful of numbers that show where your business really stands, plus how you compare to your industry.
  • Break-Even. The sales you need just to cover costs, and a way to test a pricing move before you make it.
  • Profit Plan and Cash Budget. A forecast you can actually run, so you see the cash coming before it hits the bank.
  • Financial Gap Analysis. What your growth will cost, and where to find the money to pay for it.

You won't leave with theory. You'll leave with the templates, a digital workbook, and a year inside Profit Mastery University to go back through any of it.

What owners say

They came in lost in the numbers.

★★★★★
"I attended the 2-day training years ago and it was a game changer for me in understanding my business's financial picture."
Andrea Pinwheel Consultants
★★★★★
"If you feel like you don't have good (or any) books, don't understand accounting, or are generally lost when it comes to cash management, then you'll love this program."
R. Murray ComForCare
★★★★★
"I came in with minimal financial knowledge, went through the online version of Profit Mastery, loved it, then went through it in person. I became the second best in the center at financial projections and analyses."
Kenneth Stoner Jefferson College SBDC

Or attend free in PM Pro

PM Pro members attend every virtual event free, auto-enrolled, no codes. For $1,200 a year you also get the full PMU curriculum, the PM Pro Toolbox, monthly office hours with Colin, and the owner community. Not sure yet? Start with the bootcamp. We will offer you the Pro upgrade at the same rate within 14 days of your last session.

Logistics

What's included, and how it runs.

  • Six live 2-hour sessions with Colin King
  • One year of access to Profit Mastery University, the full self-paced program
  • The digital workbook
  • The module templates: Ratio Scorecard, Break-Even, Profit Plan and Cash Budget, Financial Gap Analysis
  • Session recordings, yours to keep
  • Cohort community access

Tuesdays and Thursdays, August 11 to 27. 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT, two hours each, live on Zoom. Bring water, your laptop, and your numbers.

Who's teaching

Colin runs every session himself.

Colin King is CEO of Profit Mastery, and he teaches all six sessions personally. Real time, real answers to your questions in chat and on camera. Not a recording with a moderator. The curriculum he teaches has trained 250,000+ owners over 40+ years, and it runs inside SBDCs in every U.S. state, franchise networks from 50 to 500-plus units, and the banks and CPAs who hand it to their best clients.

Questions

Before you register

Is it really live?
Yes. Six live sessions with Colin over about three weeks, with Q&A throughout. Not recorded videos with a moderator.
How is this different from Profit Mastery University on my own?
Same curriculum, all six modules. The difference is Colin teaches it live, you can ask questions as they come up, and you're working alongside other owners. Your registration also includes a year of the self-paced program, so you get both.
Is it the same as the in-person bootcamp?
Yes. Same curriculum, same instructor. The only difference is that this one runs on Zoom over six sessions instead of in a room over two days. No travel.
What if I miss a session?
Every session is recorded and yours to keep, so you can catch up and stay on pace. You can access them in the courses section of your portal.
Do I need an accounting background?
No. We translate the numbers into plain English and teach through case studies, then give you the templates to run your own numbers. If you can read a bank statement, you can do this.
Is it really included in PM Pro?
Yes. PM Pro members attend the virtual bootcamp free, auto-enrolled.

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Twelve hours. Six modules. Tools you'll use for years.