Josephgflowers/finance_curriculum_topics

Comprehensive Finance, Business, and Real-World Topics List

About This List

This master topics list was curated to serve as the backbone for dataset generation, model training, education, and professional reference across the entire finance ecosystem and its intersections with real-world decision-making. It is the product of combining traditional finance, business, and accounting knowledge with modern, platform-driven, and digital-economy scenarios—providing coverage that is both deep and incredibly broad.

Key Areas of Coverage

1. Classic & Professional Finance

   Corporate finance, treasury, capital markets, investment, accounting

   Risk management, regulation, tax, legal, and cross-border issues

   Insurance, pensions, and specialized asset classes

2. Business, Platforms & Digital Transformation

   Small business finance, ERP/CRM, SaaS, e-commerce, analytics, and BI

   Marketing attribution, ROI, cost/process optimization, data integration

   Platform-specific and real-world edge cases (Amazon, Shopify, TikTok, etc.)

3. Personal & Life Event Finance

   Budgeting, credit, lending, gig economy, major purchases, used goods

   Vehicles, home/housing, student loans, retirement, and life transitions

   Risk management, insurance, and legal situations

4. Digital & “Modern Hustle” Finance

   Freelancing, contract work, gig platforms, international payments

   Digital assets, dataset monetization, NFTs, DeFi, and crypto payments

   Taxation, compliance, royalties, smart contracts, and platform workflows

5. Real-World Scenarios & Edge Cases

   Integration of personal, small business, and platform finance

   Cross-border, regulatory, digital-native, and “gray area” situations

   Financial reasoning, crisis management, and decision simulations

6. Marketing, Analytics, and Data

   Advanced attribution, funnel optimization, influencer and social commerce

   Data blending, ROI analysis, multi-channel and global analytics

   Privacy, GDPR, CCPA, and emerging digital marketing platforms

How to Use This List

Dataset Generation: Use as a seed for creating diverse, realistic, and nuanced question-answer, simulation, or instruction datasets for LLMs or financial AI.

Model Training & Evaluation: Benchmark language models on comprehensive financial, business, and real-life scenarios.

Curriculum & Content Design: Guide course creators, trainers, or educators to ensure complete domain coverage.

Reference & Inspiration: Use for consulting, product, or feature ideation, or to spark new project directions.

Why This List Is Unique

Modern: Goes far beyond textbook/certification, covering fintech, global commerce, and digital business.

Practical: Focuses on the real-world questions, scenarios, and platform experiences people face today.

Comprehensive: Spans everything from simulation modeling to platform-specific quirks, legal/edge cases, modern asset classes, and life events.

Inclusive: Suitable for enterprise, SME, personal, and “future of work” finance contexts alike.

Contributions & Usage

This list is offered to the community as an open reference for education, research, dataset building, and financial literacy efforts.

Contributions, suggestions, or new scenario submissions are welcome for future updates.