C8 / Advanced; non-degree
Corporate Finance & Valuation for Founders
Explore time value of money, financial statements, cash-flow modeling. Work through applied exercises and develop a project you can explain, test, and improve.
A certificate issued by this academy is a certificate of completion only. It is not accredited. It is not approved by the Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and Schools (SBCCS) or any other state agency. No income or employment outcome is promised.
10 modules≈135 learner hoursSelf-paced draft
YOUR TAKEAWAYS
What you will practice
- Explain the core theory of time value of money.
- Apply methods from cash-flow modeling.
- Analyze trade-offs in dcf & multiples.
- Evaluate solutions involving debt & asset-based lending.
- Design and build m&a basics.
- Produce the capstone: full model + valuation of one Vance business, defended to a human reviewer.
THE LEARNING PLAN
Inside the course
- 01Time Value of Money
- 02Financial Statements
- 03Cash-Flow Modeling
- 04Cost of Capital & Risk
- 05DCF & Multiples
- 06Capital Structure
- 07Debt & Asset-Based Lending
- 08Equity & Cap Tables
- 09IP and Intangible Valuation
- 10M&A Basics
TRY THE MATERIAL
A little of what is inside.
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDENT MATERIAL
Every financial decision a founder makes — whether to buy a truck for the septic business, sign a three-year software contract, take an SBA loan, or sell a company — is a trade between money at one date and money at another. Finance begins from a simple observation: people and businesses are not indifferent between receiving $100 today and $100 a year from now. The money today can be put to work. It can earn interest in a Treasury bill, pay down a credit card that charges 24%, or buy inventory that sells at a markup. Money today also carries no risk of non-payment, and it protects against inflation eroding purchasing power. Because of these…
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