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About Keith J. Cunningham



Keith J. Cunningham is regarded as one of the foremost authorities and teachers on business curriculum for business owners. Through his Board of Directors program, he serves as Chairman of the Board for businesses in a wide range of industries.

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KEYS TO THE VAULT® BUSINESS SCHOOL
Upcoming Opportunities to Study with Keith

How to Buy (or Exit) a Business

August 25 - 28, 2022
Austin, Texas
IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL (Live Zoom)

Starting a business from scratch is one of the most difficult (and risky) things you can do. On the other hand, an existing business has built-in customers, employees, systems, training, cash flow and financing from Day 1.

In this course, Keith J. Cunningham will teach you how to analyze, invest in or buy a business, as well as how to bullet proof your existing business to maximize exitability when the time is right. (Buying and selling are flip sides of the same coin… learn how to do one and you will know how to do the other.)

Offered one time each year, this program teaches exactly what you need to:
  • Find a good business to buy.
  • Determine how much a company is worth.
  • Figure out how much to pay.
  • Structure the best deal and negotiate the critical points.
  • Find the skeletons through effective due diligence.
  • Set appropriate offering price.
  • Acquire financing.
  • Close the deal.
  • Manage and grow it.

Pricing Per Person: $10,995

Special Pricing Per Person: $8,995

The 4-Day MBA

September 22 - 25, 2022
Austin, Texas
IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL (Live Zoom)

This is a fact: The vast majority of business owners are sabotaging their success because they don’t have the financial optics, dashboards, structure, team, culture and leadership required to successfully manage, optimize or grow their business. Keith has 50 years of “in the trenches” experience doing just that.

The 4-Day MBA (debuted in 2007 and offered annually) is an intensive, hands-on program with Keith J. Cunningham. You will learn the critical skills needed to transition from Operator to Owner.

If you realize your business skills need serious upgrading… if you intend to break out of the whack-a-mole, pin the tail on the donkey, hair on fire management style you currently have, then this 4 Days will be priceless.

If you are stuck and don’t know how to fix the business you have, you will leave this 4 Days with extreme clarity about what needs to be implemented, corrected and executed. In other words, you will have the specific tools required to transition your business from hand-crank to a money-making machine.

The most common question I get from business owners and entrepreneurs is: “How do I grow my business and make more money.” The 4-Day MBA has been specifically designed to teach you exactly how to do that… from financial statements (which are your report card), to hiring and building a team of “A” Players, to creating a world class culture, to building an org chart that creates the leverage required to operate and maximize the machine, to growing your business and creating a sustainable competitive advantage.

Pricing Per Person: $9,995

Special Pricing Per Person: $7,995



Plan or Get Slaughtered

October 26 - 27, 2022
Austin, Texas
IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL (Live Zoom)

One of the biggest problems most leaders face is a lack of clarity about the annual Plan, priorities and resources to achieve the Plan and alignment with the team on executing that plan. We frequently allow our “ideas”, wishful thinking and declaration of an annual “goal” to be a substitute for a specific, actionable, measurable roadmap of critical drivers, dashboards and team required to successfully get from Point A to Point B. We tend to get confused about the obstacle that is preventing our progress and therefore, solving the problem that isn’t.

Plan or Get Slaughtered is offered one time each year for leaders and management teams to take two full days out of their schedule and think through the outcomes, deliverables, priorities, action items and resources required to turn a description of the destination into a roadmap for success.

Pricing Per Person: $3,995

Special Pricing Per Person: $2,995



CFO Scoreboard

 CFO Scoreboard Software is designed to provide the business owner with business “decision making” optics. Businesses struggle and fail, not because of a lack of passion or effort, but rather because of a lack of clarity about the underlying (and often invisible) business problems. Think of it this way: A great doctor will always order lab tests to see what is going on with the patient that isn’t visible, but might be deadly. CFO Scoreboard does for business owners and leadership teams what a lab test does for a doctor. Owners must peek under the financial “hood” of the business and find the tumors that are sabotaging the financial results.

Here it is on a bumper sticker: Better Optics = Better Decisions = More Money (and less dumb tax).

CFO Scoreboard is not intended or designed to replace your current accounting software or many of the financial metrics that a business owner may use to analyze their businesses or that are specific to an industry. On the other hand, CFO Scoreboard does provide some incredibly valuable optics and trends that can be used to make the business more profitable and sustainable. CFO Scoreboard has a very robust integrated tutorial section that addresses frequent questions and coaching on where the problems are and what to do about them.

The Key: Better Optics = Better Questions! Get the best business and financial optics available today… You will thank me later.

Related Documents (.pdf)
Getting Started with CFO Scoreboard
About CFO Scoreboard and Frequently Asked Questions

Pricing: $4,995 annually

Special Pricing: $2,495 annually



KTTV Cancellation/Refund Policy - PRODUCT/SOFTWARE: Any amounts paid for Keys to the Vault product or software are not refundable under any circumstances. All sales are final. EVENTS: Any amounts paid for enrollment in this or any Keys to the Vault program are not refundable under any circumstances after 72 hours from the time of registration. Cancellations within the 72-hour period will be charged a $500.00 per seat per event administrative fee. If you cannot attend the program, the full credit may be applied to a future program at the prevailing full price event rate. Transfer fees will apply. If you must reschedule, you may do so up to 4 weeks prior to the date of your scheduled event. If you do not reschedule within that time frame, you must attend the event otherwise you will forfeit the fee. Any payments made under this contract must be redeemed by December 31, 2021 or you will forfeit these payments. In the event that we must postpone due to COVID-19 or any other reason out of our control, you are guaranteed a seat in a future event at the price paid today. Any request for a refund upon postponement will revert to the 72-hour cancellation clause above and the refund will be issued minus the per seat administrative fee noted. Should we have to postpone into the following year, the timeframe to complete the course will also be extended.