The Morning Read: Small Business Analytics Edition

# Small Business Analytics

How does a business make money? Really?
Join us for coffee and a different kind of morning conversation during Asheville Entrepreneurship Week. Dr. Amanda Bell of Thrive Strategy Lab will take us inside the numbers behind a small business and show us what they can tell us about how the business actually works.
In about 45 minutes, we’ll look at real numbers from real books, read out loud. Think reading tea leaves, except it’s math.

### What we’ll figure out

What the business really earns
Not just the number that goes to the bank.

The one thing the business sells that everything hangs on
An hour, a job, a ride, a table, a box. Every business has a fundamental unit that drives the economics behind it.

The cost that quietly eats the profit
The expense that shows up every month, often for years, and can make all the difference.
This isn’t an accounting class, a pitch session, or traditional business networking. It’s an approachable conversation about understanding the mechanics behind a business and a chance to learn alongside other curious people in Asheville.

Come if you love this stuff. Come especially if you don’t.
No accounting or analytics background is required. This session is designed for business owners, entrepreneurs, people considering buying a business, advisors, remote workers, and anyone who’s simply curious about how businesses actually work.

### Event Details

Monday, August 31
9:00–10:00 AM
Seven Acres
105 Fairview Rd, Asheville

Free to attend, and coffee’s on us.
Hosted by: Seven Acres
Facilitated by: Amanda Bell, PhD · Thrive Strategy Lab
Sponsored by: Aktiga
This event is part of Asheville Entrepreneurship Week