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Duration

11 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Credential

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Applying Investment Decision Rules for Startups
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Highlights

  • Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
  • 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
  • Course 4 of 5 in the Valuation and Financial Analysis For Startups Specialization
  • Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
  • Beginner Level
  • Approx. 11 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Korean, Russian, English, Spanish
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  • 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.
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Curriculum

Capital Budgeting techniques

Welcome to This Course

1.1 Introduction to Capital Budgeting

1.2 Net Present Value (NPV)

1.3 Payback Period

1.4 Internal Rate of Return

1.1 Slide

1.2 Slide

1.3 Slide

1.4 Slide

Practice Quiz (1.1~1.4)

Week 1 Quiz

Project Analysis

2.1 Project Cash Flow Principles

2.2 Pro Forma Income Statement

2.3 Free Cash Flow

2.4 Sensitivity Analysis

2.1 Slide

2.2 Slide

2.3 Slide

2.4 Slide

Practice Quiz (2.1~2.4)

Week 2 Quiz

Issues in Capital Budgeting

3.1 Evaluating Multiple Projects

3.2 Comparing NPV and IRR techniques I

3.3 Comparing NPV and IRR techniques II

3.4 Choosing the Discount Rate

3.1 Slide

3.2 Slide

3.3 Slide

3.4 Slide

Practice Quiz (3.1~3.4)

Week 3 Quiz

Real Options in Business Projects

4.1 Options Basics

4.2 Decision Tree Approach

4.3 Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model

4.4 Evaluating Projects Using B-S Model

4.1 Slide

4.2 Slide

4.3 Slide

4.4 Slide

Practice Quiz (4.1~4.4)

Week 4 Quiz

Final Quiz

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Learning Experience: It's a good course that provides in-depth knowledge. It would be excellent to receive the solution to the questions that you did not get right after receiving your certificate. Curriculum: Extremely clear, simple explanations with excellent examples, allowing us to understand the content right away.
Faculty: A skilled instructor who adds significant value to this course's learning.
Course Support: The course is well-organized and delivered in a logical sequence. The course is highly recommended for people interested in learning about the financial aspects of business.
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