If you are the type of food truck owner who cringes when it comes to numbers, you’re not alone. Many mobile chefs have deficiencies in their basic financial knowledge that impede them from contributing fully to financial discussions and conversations about strategy with their accountants or financial managers.

Increase your financial literacy by taking a course on corporate finance or asking a more financially savvy truck owner to mentor you. Find others in your local food truck association who need to build the same skills and come together to create demand for a class. This doesn’t have to incur cost to your company; chances are a local truck owner has the knowledge and expertise to teach you what you need to know…and is willing to share this knowledge with you.