Entrepreneurial Finance

Chapter

  • 1

    Chapter 1

    This chapter covers all the financial statements used by businesses.

    Estimated time: ~46 Minutes
  • 2

    Chapter 2

    This chapter teaches you how to assess the profitability of a business, and introduces concepts like contribution margin and break even volume.

    Estimated time: ~28 Minutes
  • 3

    Chapter 3

    This chapter explains a firm's debt and equity, the right hand side of the balance sheet.

    Estimated time: ~30 Minutes
  • 4

    Chapter 4

    Chapter 4 explains how to forecast your financial statements.

    Estimated time: ~47 Minutes
  • 5

    Chapter 5

    This chapter discusses working capital and how to improve its management, for the firm's overall financial better.

    Estimated time: ~8 Minutes
  • 6

    Chapter 6

    Chapter 6 explains concepts like the time value of money and discounted cash flows.

    Estimated time: ~56 Minutes
  • 7

    Chapter 7

    This chapter discusses methods to value a business.

    Estimated time: ~19 Minutes
  • 8

    Chapter 8

    This chapter explains venture capital, private equity, and angel investing.

    Estimated time: ~100 Minutes
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Concept

  • 1

    Concept 1

    Learn the concept of the time value of money with an intuitive example.

    Estimated time: ~3 Minutes
  • 2

    Concept 2

    Sal Khan gives a great explanation of present value (PV). PV is the sum of the present values (PVs) of the individual cash flows of the same entity.

    Estimated time: ~11 Minutes
  • 3

    Concept 3

    Sal Khan of Khan Academy introduces discounting cash flows.

    Estimated time: ~11 Minutes
  • 4

    Concept 4

    Learn how to get the free cash flows to discount.

    Estimated time: ~10 Minutes
  • 5

    Concept 5

    Learn how to find the discount rate for discounting cash flows.

    Estimated time: ~0 Minutes
  • 6

    Concept 6

    Investopedia explains the internal rate of return (IRR), which is often used to measure the returns on a project.

    Estimated time: ~2 Minutes
  • 7

    Concept 7

    Learn the concept introduces the payback period and how to calculate it from an easy to understand example.

    Estimated time: ~7 Minutes
  • Test

    Chapter 6 Test

    Take the chapter 6 test and unlock the Discounting Cash Flow badge.


Concept 5: How to Find the Discount Rate, WACC

Learn how to find the discount rate for discounting cash flows.

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Concept 5: How to Find the Discount Rate, WACC