Startup Valuation Methods

Duke University

finance   |   Intermediate   |   12 Hours

How do different types of investors think about an investment opportunity? What kind of securities and contracts do they offer? How should a company decide what is a "good deal"? This course is designed to introduce you to the challenges and pitfalls of financing new enterprises. You will learn the basic tools for valuating companies, including using discounted cashflow analysis in Excel and understanding how to apply this model to your entrepreneurial venture. You will then learn how valuation works with different types of securities that investors use to finance startups, from bank loans to venture capital to angel investing.

What skills will you gain?

venture capital financing

Entrepreneurship

Venture Capital

Entrepreneurial Finance

discounting

valuation (finance)

investment

Finance

cash flow

angel investor