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 stars60.37%
- 4 stars27.08%
- 3 stars8.97%
- 2 stars2.01%
- 1 star1.54%
TOP REVIEWS FROM STARTUP VALUATION METHODS
Great course overall. I particularly enjoyed week 1 and 2 on start-up valuation tools, the professor was very articulate. Week 3 and 4 slides were not always optimal.
The course provides fundamental financial skills needed for a startup. It takes time to understand certain concepts but it is highly valuable what you learn here.
Information was useful, but wish the professors walked through the examples (showed the math on the slide). The math was hard to follow along in the 2nd half of the course!
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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