How do different types of investors think about an investment opportunity? What kind of securities and contracts do they offer? How should a company decide what is a "good deal"? This course is designed to introduce you to the challenges and pitfalls of financing new enterprises. You will learn the basic tools for valuating companies, including using discounted cashflow analysis in Excel and understanding how to apply this model to your entrepreneurial venture. You will then learn how valuation works with different types of securities that investors use to finance startups, from bank loans to venture capital to angel investing.
This course is part of the Entrepreneurial Finance: Strategy and Innovation Specialization
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- Valuation (Finance)
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- Cash Flow Analysis
- Entrepreneurship
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
The Basics of Valuation
Building your First Excel Valuation Model
Valuation of High-growth Startups
Venture Capital Overview
Angel Investor Overview
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- 5 stars60.49%
- 4 stars27%
- 3 stars8.95%
- 2 stars2%
- 1 star1.54%
TOP REVIEWS FROM STARTUP VALUATION METHODS
This course has helped gain knowledge of the valuation of companies of all sizes, basic funding criteria, and sources for a startup and a view of investors for a company.
Course content is very convenient for beginners.
Instructors presented and taught the syllabus effectively and smoothly that made the course very interesting and useful.
The first part from Manuel amazin. The second one is not clear, and I had to access a lot the forum for specifics doubts that were not clear during the lessons. Need to improve a lot.
Week 3 could be improved, the lecturer was not specific with certain valuation formulas thus creating a lot of confusion. Other than that, great course. Thanks!
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