Learner Reviews & Feedback for Valuation for Startups Using Discounted Cash Flows Approach by Yonsei University

The course is very good if you need to understand how excel works in valuation per se. However, course title "Valuation for Startups using DCF" and the course don't go hand in hand. There is absolutely nothing here that speaks of how to specifically use DCF in the valuation of a startup. I was expecting more examples on these lines given the title of the course.

Excellent! Very clear. Linking DCF to bonds was very helpful.

Loved the course! The quizzes and cases really test your knowledge and make sure you understood the concepts and not just theoretically but practically

Good, hard but nice!

This Course is very interesting and very practical. I saw the reality of theories in the Mini Case where PV of Total FCF is equal to Enterprise Value in an all equity firm...

I have been challenged, i Have learned new things and i will made a difference

The only thing that was missing was a more detailed explanation about the format of the typed answers in the quizes. Apart from that the course is a great introduction.

To the point, well-explained, perfectly building up to reveal in few hrs how to compute Enterprise value....Just what I was looking for.

Lectures are clear. The quizzes are also OK, but I think rounding off instructions need to be made clearer in order to quickly move through the evaluation assignments. One possibility is a slight language barrier between instructors' team (Korean) and an English speaking audience. But this did not deter me from making quick progress through this course. Most of the slideshow and lecture material is clear and any clarifications that are sought are answered within 24-48 hours latest. I am quite satisfied with this course and I would recommend it for beginners in this subject area.

Worth it.

Simple & easy to understand

Minor Issues existed in the Final test which needed some clrification

It is the best course i am ever doing in my life in coursera.Its leveraging my skills to how value a company whether its a startup or a established Company.There are actually various methods of valuing a company whether its a DCF or WACC Method. The course also helps to do valuations in The EXCEL Also wit full swing.

The course is structured appropriately and progresses well by explaining examples. The problems and examples are quite good. Overall a five star rating!

However, it progresses fast and only sticks to excel based computing without illuminating on the fundamental concepts much. If not taught through the formulae based computing , this course would be difficult for complete beginners.

Amazing how easy the teacher explains financial concepts that helps you through the entire specialization and to successfully do valuations using discounted cash flows.

The teacher is really great, honestly, he made more sense than my finance teacher and I completed my bachelors in finance.

Very useful, easy to follow, easy to understand, practical examples, perfect course for a beginners in valuation analysis

Nice learnings, horrible experience with the exercises.

Some questions in the quiz might be expressed in a more clear way. But overall interesting and helpful to refresh some university studies!

The course is okay. But the exercise format is horrible.

This course is a general overview of PV and FV, along with some more advanced topics. The instructor is easy to understand and makes sure to give real world examples to help understand the complex ideas. However, there were several questions on the exams that needed further explanation from the instructor to understand or even answer. I had to google quite a few terms or ideas since the course doesn't go very deep on some topics.

4 stars because you absolutely need to adjust the evaluating system, it's a nightmare to guess what figure it wants to move on.

Videos and Instruction were enjoyable. Quizzes were convoluted

no son claras las preguntas

The final quizz does not have the format of how answers should be

The content i felt was less elaborate and left me gasping while doing the final quiz, which needs to be revoked at it terms of answers input. Also it would help to have couple of questions like the final quiz provided with answers provided along with explanation, which the will cut down our un necessary queries on discussion group.

Delivery of this course in that direction could be improved further.

Some topics were not described thoroughly. However, on the quiz you had to know them very well in order to pass.

quizzes are generally more difficult than taught in the videos - prior knowledge in finance is somewhat needed.