FINANCE-08 · Advanced · ENGLISH · PLANNED
Trace cash flows, calculate a transparent model, stress-test assumptions and explain risk.
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Sign in to save this learning pathPractical outcome: Value a fictional business under multiple explicit scenarios.
Explain enterprise value using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Value a fictional business under multiple explicit scenarios. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain equity value using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Value a fictional business under multiple explicit scenarios. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain free cash flow using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Value a fictional business under multiple explicit scenarios. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain terminal value using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Value a fictional business under multiple explicit scenarios. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Use the first concepts from this section. Value a fictional business under multiple explicit scenarios. Produce a labelled diagram, trace or calculation; explain each step and check one changed input.
3–6 questions on the preceding first-half concepts only: recall, visual interpretation, application and one plausible misconception. Explain each answer after submission.
Explain discounted cash-flow valuation using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Value a fictional business under multiple explicit scenarios. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain comparable multiples using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Value a fictional business under multiple explicit scenarios. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain asset-based valuation using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Value a fictional business under multiple explicit scenarios. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain valuation uncertainty using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Value a fictional business under multiple explicit scenarios. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Value a fictional business under multiple explicit scenarios. Work without the example, compare two cases, record assumptions and limitations, then self-review correctness, reasoning and clarity.
6–12 questions covering Enterprise value, Equity value, Free cash flow and the remaining section concepts, with cumulative retrieval from earlier sections. Include a new transfer problem; 70% unlocks progression.
Practical outcome: Assess a hypothetical acquisition using value creation and execution risks.
Explain acquisition motives using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Assess a hypothetical acquisition using value creation and execution risks. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain synergies using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Assess a hypothetical acquisition using value creation and execution risks. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain control premiums using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Assess a hypothetical acquisition using value creation and execution risks. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain due diligence using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Assess a hypothetical acquisition using value creation and execution risks. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Use the first concepts from this section. Assess a hypothetical acquisition using value creation and execution risks. Produce a labelled diagram, trace or calculation; explain each step and check one changed input.
3–6 questions on the preceding first-half concepts only: recall, visual interpretation, application and one plausible misconception. Explain each answer after submission.
Explain deal structures using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Assess a hypothetical acquisition using value creation and execution risks. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain financing transactions using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Assess a hypothetical acquisition using value creation and execution risks. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain integration risks using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Assess a hypothetical acquisition using value creation and execution risks. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain restructuring using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Assess a hypothetical acquisition using value creation and execution risks. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Assess a hypothetical acquisition using value creation and execution risks. Work without the example, compare two cases, record assumptions and limitations, then self-review correctness, reasoning and clarity.
6–12 questions covering Acquisition motives, Synergies, Control premiums and the remaining section concepts, with cumulative retrieval from earlier sections. Include a new transfer problem; 70% unlocks progression.
Practical outcome: Model a fictional startup's cash runway and ownership changes.
Explain bootstrapping using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Model a fictional startup's cash runway and ownership changes. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain angel funding using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Model a fictional startup's cash runway and ownership changes. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain venture capital using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Model a fictional startup's cash runway and ownership changes. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain cash runway using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Model a fictional startup's cash runway and ownership changes. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Use the first concepts from this section. Model a fictional startup's cash runway and ownership changes. Produce a labelled diagram, trace or calculation; explain each step and check one changed input.
3–6 questions on the preceding first-half concepts only: recall, visual interpretation, application and one plausible misconception. Explain each answer after submission.
Explain capitalisation tables using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Model a fictional startup's cash runway and ownership changes. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain dilution using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Model a fictional startup's cash runway and ownership changes. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain term-sheet concepts using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Model a fictional startup's cash runway and ownership changes. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Explain exit scenarios using a visual and one worked real-world example. Context: Model a fictional startup's cash runway and ownership changes. End with a prediction or check-for-understanding.
Model a fictional startup's cash runway and ownership changes. Work without the example, compare two cases, record assumptions and limitations, then self-review correctness, reasoning and clarity.
6–12 questions covering Bootstrapping, Angel funding, Venture capital and the remaining section concepts, with cumulative retrieval from earlier sections. Include a new transfer problem; 70% unlocks progression.
Combine all three sections: Model a fictional startup's cash runway and ownership changes. Submit an original worked artifact, evidence or tests, assumptions and a reflection. Rubric: correctness, method, practical usefulness, reproducibility and communication. Self-reviewed, not certified.
6–12 balanced questions sampling every section of Valuation, Mergers and Entrepreneurial Finance, including interpretation, calculation or reasoning, a misconception and a new application. Passing is 70%; review errors before retrying.
Fictional USD budgets, statement analysis, valuation models and risk scenarios. Guided work leads to an independent attempt, with a diagram, explanation, trace, calculation or tested artifact. Question bodies are generated when opened in your private learning path. Programming submissions are stored as text; the platform does not execute submitted code.
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