The Startup Valuation and Financial Analysis Specialization equips learners with essential skills to analyze the financial health and value of startups. This comprehensive course covers valuation methods, financial statement analysis, investment decision rules, and capstone projects, offering practical insights for startup valuation and financial analysis.
The course comprises the following key topics:
By the end of the course, participants will have the skills to estimate startup value, understand financial statements, and make informed investment decisions, making it an invaluable resource for entrepreneurs, investors, and finance professionals.
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This course encompasses practical modules on startup valuation, financial statement analysis, and investment decision rules, culminating in a comprehensive capstone project.
Valuation for Startups Using Discounted Cash Flows Approach equips learners with the skills to estimate firm value by discounting future cash flows, understanding the time value of money, and applying the concepts to real-world examples and company valuation.
Valuation for Startups Using Multiple Approach introduces learners to the popular methods of firm valuation, focusing on concepts and usage of PER, PBR, PSR, and generating cash flows or earnings from financial statements. The module also covers estimation of enterprise value and founder's ownership before and after additional funding.
Financial Analysis for Startups teaches learners how to estimate cash flows or earnings of startups using financial ratios such as profitability, liquidity, leverage, efficiency, and growth. It also covers pro forma financial statement development and utilizing the information for startup valuation.
Applying Investment Decision Rules for Startups delves into capital budgeting and investment decision criteria, including NPV, IRR, Payback period method, and Profitability method. Learners will also understand how to evaluate NPV estimate and conduct scenario and what-if analyses.
Valuation and Financial Analysis For Startups Capstone is a peer review course where learners apply their knowledge to estimate the value of a chosen firm, conduct research on the firm's industry and business, develop pro forma financial statements, and make informed investment decisions for a hypothetical project.
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