Valuation and Financial Analysis For Startups Specialization
Master Practical Startup Valuation Methods . Estimate startup value, understand financial statements, and make sound investment decisions.
About This Specialization
The Startup Valuation and Financial Analysis Specialization teaches two of the most often used methods to find the value of a startup. You’ll learn how to find the value of founder’s ownership before and after additional funding, how to read financial statements and make pro-forma statements, and how to determine the financial health and status of a startup and estimate future earnings and value. You’ll then use various investment criteria, such as Net Present Value (NPV) and Individual Rate of Return (IRR), to make a decision about whether and where to invest your money.
Specific topics include: the time value of money, discounted cash flows method, multiple method, financial statements analysis, free cash flows, capital budgeting decision rules and current trends. The Capstone Project will find the value of startups using the methods taught in the course.
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5 courses
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Courses
- Beginner Specialization.
- No prior experience required.
COURSE 1
Valuation for Startups Using Discounted Cash Flows Approach
Current session: Apr 19- Subtitles
- English, Spanish, Korean
About the Course
Discounted cash flow method means that we can find firm value by discounting future cash flows of a firm. That is, firm value is present value of cash flows a firm generates in the future. In order to understand the meaning of present value, we are going toYou can choose to take this course only. Learn more.
COURSE 2
Valuation for Startups Using Multiple Approach
Upcoming session: Apr 30- Subtitles
- English, Spanish, Korean
About the Course
In addition to discounted cash flow method, multiple method is one of the most popular methods of firm valuation. PER is often used among financial professionals to make a quick-and-dirty estimate of a firm value. In this course, you are going to lYou can choose to take this course only. Learn more.
COURSE 3
Financial Analysis for Startups
Upcoming session: Apr 30- Subtitles
- English, Korean
About the Course
In the previous two courses, you have learned how to value startups using the discounted cash flow method and multiple methods. However, you have not learned how to estimate cash flows or earnings of startups. In this course, you are going to learn theYou can choose to take this course only. Learn more.
COURSE 4
Applying Investment Decision Rules for Startups
Upcoming session: Apr 23- Subtitles
- English, Korean
About the Course
In the previous course, you learned financial statement analysis and how to make estimate of future financial status. In this course, you are going to learn capital budgeting. That is, how to make an investment decision. You would like to seYou can choose to take this course only. Learn more.
COURSE 5
Valuation and Financial Analysis For Startups Capstone
Upcoming session: Jul 9- Subtitles
- English, Korean
About the Capstone Project
This is a peer review course. In the capstone project, you are going to apply what you have learned in the previous courses. The final output from this project is an estimation of a firm. You can choose either a public company or a startup depeYou can choose to take this course only. Learn more.
Creators
Hyun Han Shin
Professor
Saeyeul Park
Assistant Professor
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