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 select the best project among various projects you can take. Then, you need to know the criteria. In this course, you are going to learn investment decision criteria such as NPV and IRR, which are most popular decision rules. Using financial analysis and discounted cash flow method, you can make pro forma financial statement and estimate project cash flows. Then, you apply investment criteria to determine whether to invest or not. After learning how to apply NPV and IRR method to investment decision, you are going to learn how to evaluate NPV estimate and scenario, what-if analyses and break-even analysis. In addition to NPV and IRR, you are going to learn Payback period method and Profitability method to determine whether to invest or not when there is a political risk or capital rationing.

Applying Investment Decision Rules for Startups

Applying Investment Decision Rules for Startups
This course is part of Valuation and Financial Analysis For Startups Specialization

Instructor: Saeyeul Park
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Reviewed on Aug 21, 2019
Course was a lot cleaner, as far as mistakes in the quizzes / tests than the previous three courses; accordingly, I was able to focus on the material and get done a lot faster. Good course.
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