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- Foundations8m
What Is Business Economics?
Strip away the jargon and every business decision is the same quiet question: is this worth more than what it costs me?
FOUNDATIONS - Foundations10m
Supply, Demand & Pricing Power
Some businesses raise prices and customers barely blink.
FOUNDATIONSPED - Foundations9m
Revenue, Costs & Margins
Revenue is the number people brag about.
FOUNDATIONSCOGSSG&A - Acronyms & Jargon9m
The Essential Acronym Deck
Acronyms are the secret handshake of business meetings, and they are used to make simple ideas sound exclusive.
FOUNDATIONSROICAGRKPI - Foundations11m
Unit Economics That Hold Up
A business can look like it is winning, growing fast, raising money, making noise, while quietly losing money on every single customer.
INTERMEDIATECACLTVARPU - Financial Statements12m
Reading an Income Statement
An income statement looks intimidating until you learn the one thing it actually does: it starts with all the money coming in, then walks down line by line,...
FOUNDATIONSP&LEPS - Financial Statements11m
Balance Sheet Basics
The income statement shows a stretch of time, like a movie of a year.
FOUNDATIONS - Financial Statements13m
Cash Flow Is Reality
Profit is an opinion.
INTERMEDIATEFCFCFOCapEx - Financial Statements12m
Working Capital & The Cash Conversion Cycle
Two companies can sell the exact same thing and yet one is always flush with cash while the other is forever scrambling.
INTERMEDIATEDSODPODIO - Financial Statements12m
Ratio Analysis at a Glance
A single number on a statement means very little on its own.
INTERMEDIATEROEROAROIC - Valuation14m
EBITDA & The Multiple
When someone says a company is worth ten times EBITDA, they have just told you almost everything about how the deal is priced.
INTERMEDIATEEBITDAEV - Valuation12m
Comps & Precedent Transactions
The fastest way to value almost anything is to ask what similar things sold for.
INTERMEDIATE - Valuation16m
DCF in Plain English
A dollar next year is worth less than a dollar today, and a dollar in ten years is worth a lot less.
ADVANCEDDCFWACCNPV - Valuation15m
LBO Mechanics in 15 Minutes
A leveraged buyout, or LBO, is how a buyer can purchase a large company while putting in surprisingly little of their own money.
ADVANCEDLBOIRRMOIC - M&A Strategy10m
Why Companies Buy Companies
When one company buys another, it almost never makes the news in plain English.
FOUNDATIONS - Capital & Equity12m
Debt vs. Equity Financing
There are only two ways to fund a business: borrow the money or sell a piece of it.
INTERMEDIATEWACCD/E - Capital & Equity14m
Cap Tables & Dilution
A cap table is the single document that answers the only question that matters when the company sells: who actually owns what.
ADVANCEDESOPSAFE - Capital & Equity13m
SAFEs, Notes & Convertibles
Early-stage money rarely buys shares directly.
ADVANCEDSAFEMFNQFR - Deal Making11m
Asset vs. Stock Purchase
There are two completely different ways to buy a company, and they lead to very different outcomes on taxes, liabilities, and risk.
INTERMEDIATELOIAPASPA - Deal Making15m
Term Sheets, Decoded
A term sheet is where the real deal is decided, long before any money moves.
ADVANCEDLPGPMOIC - Deal Making13m
Due Diligence, Demystified
Due diligence is where exciting deals quietly die, and where smart buyers find the price was a fantasy.
INTERMEDIATEQofENDA - Deal Making11m
Earnouts, Escrow & Holdbacks
Buyer thinks the business is worth 80.
ADVANCED - M&A Strategy14m
Modeling Synergies Without Lying
Synergies are the magic word that justifies overpaying for an acquisition.
ADVANCED - M&A Strategy13m
The First 100 Days: Integration
The deal closes and everyone exhales.
INTERMEDIATEPMITSA - M&A Strategy12m
Hostile vs. Friendly Takeovers
When one company wants to buy another that does not want to be bought, a fascinating game begins.
ADVANCED - Macroeconomics12m
Macro Indicators That Move Markets
When a single number is released at 8:30 in the morning and trillions of dollars move within minutes, that number is a macro indicator.
FOUNDATIONSGDPCPIPMI - Macroeconomics10m
Reading the Business Cycle
Economies do not move in a straight line.
FOUNDATIONS - Macroeconomics13m
Interest Rates & The Yield Curve
A handful of people sit around a table a few times a year and decide the price of money for everyone.
INTERMEDIATEFOMCECB - Macroeconomics12m
Inflation, FX & Pricing Strategy
Two invisible forces quietly reshape every margin in a global business: the rising tide of inflation and the daily drift of exchange rates.
INTERMEDIATEFXCPI - Boardroom Skills9m
Robert's Rules & Meeting Mechanics
Every formal meeting runs on a hidden rulebook, and most people learn it by getting quietly steamrolled.
FOUNDATIONS - Boardroom Skills10m
Boardroom Poise
A profit and loss statement lands on the screen, the room goes quiet, and most people nod along hoping no one calls on them.
INTERMEDIATE - Boardroom Skills9m
Reading the Room
The most important conversation in any meeting is the one happening without words.
INTERMEDIATE - Boardroom Skills10m
Executive Presence Under Pressure
When the pressure spikes, most people speed up, raise their pitch, and fill every silence.
INTERMEDIATE - Stakeholder Management9m
Stakeholder Mapping
Most good ideas do not fail in the meeting.
FOUNDATIONS - Stakeholder Management11m
Managing Up to the Board
The golden rule of working with a board is simple: never surprise your directors.
INTERMEDIATE - Storytelling with Numbers10m
Charts That Don't Lie (or Bore)
A great chart makes your point in two seconds flat.
FOUNDATIONS - Storytelling with Numbers12m
Designing a Board Deck That Lands
A board deck is not a document you read aloud.
INTERMEDIATE - Storytelling with Numbers11m
Narrative Finance: Numbers That Persuade
A spreadsheet alone rarely changes a mind.
INTERMEDIATE - Storytelling with Numbers11m
Answering Tough Questions on the Fly
The hardest moment in any meeting is not the presentation, it is the question you did not see coming.
ADVANCED - Boardroom Skills13m
Negotiation Leverage
Leverage in a negotiation is not about being loud or aggressive.
ADVANCEDBATNAZOPA - Boardroom Skills9m
Dissenting With Grace
Being the one no in a room full of yeses is uncomfortable, and also sometimes exactly what the moment needs.
ADVANCED - Boardroom Skills12m
Chairing a Meeting With Authority
Chairing a meeting well is a quiet superpower.
ADVANCED - ESG & Governance11m
ESG Metrics That Actually Matter
ESG can sound like a buzzword soup that lives on a poster in the lobby.
FOUNDATIONSESGTCFDSASB - ESG & Governance11m
Fiduciary Duty in Plain English
The moment you sit on a board, the law quietly hands you two obligations you cannot opt out of.
INTERMEDIATE - ESG & Governance10m
Board Composition & Independence
The same decision can go one way with the right people around the table and the opposite way with the wrong mix.
INTERMEDIATE - Stakeholder Management12m
Investor Relations Essentials
Credibility with investors is not built in a single great quarter.
INTERMEDIATEIREPS - ESG & Governance12m
Inside the Audit & Risk Committee
The audit and risk committee is where a company's problems are supposed to surface before they become headlines.
ADVANCED - Stakeholder Management11m
Handling Activist Investors
An activist investor rarely arrives with a flag.
ADVANCED