Financial Education That Actually Works
We started franqoralis in 2019 because too many Australians were making business decisions based on outdated advice and generic templates.
Real financial literacy comes from understanding your specific situation—not following someone else's formula.
How We Got Here
Back in early 2019, I was consulting for small businesses around Sydney. Same questions kept coming up: "Should I go with a sole trader structure or a company?" "What tax deductions am I actually missing?" "How do I read these financial reports?"
Most educational resources either oversimplified things to the point of being useless, or they were written in accounting jargon that made people's eyes glaze over. Nothing in between.
So we built something different. Our courses walk through real Australian business scenarios—actual tax situations, genuine bookkeeping challenges, real conversations with the ATO. We focus on the messy middle ground where most business owners actually operate.
Six years later, we've helped over 2,400 business owners understand their finances well enough to make confident decisions. Not because we gave them magic formulas, but because we taught them how to think through their specific circumstances.
What Guides Our Approach
These aren't values we put on a wall. They're how we actually build our courses and work with students.
Real Scenarios Only
Every example comes from actual Australian businesses. We don't create hypothetical situations that sound good but don't match what you'll encounter.
Context Matters
What works for a Sydney café won't work for a Brisbane consulting practice. We teach you how to assess your situation, not memorize generic steps.
Plain Language
Financial terms exist for a reason, and we'll teach them to you. But we explain concepts first in normal English, then introduce the technical vocabulary.
Who's Behind franqoralis
We're a small team of financial educators who've spent years working directly with Australian businesses.
Jasper Kowalski
Founder & Lead Instructor
Spent twelve years as a business accountant before realizing most clients just needed better education, not more complex spreadsheets. Built franqoralis's curriculum from real client questions.
Sienna Mikkelsen
Course Development Lead
Former tax agent who got tired of seeing the same mistakes. Designs our course materials to address the gaps she saw repeatedly in small business financial literacy.
Ready to Understand Your Business Finances?
Our next intake for the Financial Foundations course starts September 2025. Limited to 45 participants so we can provide individual feedback.
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