Business Mechanics
Master Business Analysis with a few simple frameworks to help you shortcut your first 5-10 years of learning on the job.

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Common Threads of Business

People vs. Numbers

The Business Machine

Cash Flow is THE Driver

Burn it In! + Test Your Skills!

3 Levels of Analysis - Intro

Industry-Level Analysis

Customer/Unit-Level Analysis

Company-Level Analysis

Framework Intro

Framework vs. Accounting

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Defining the Customers in Real Life

Revenue Build Mechanics

Volume Mechanics

Price Mechanics

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Product/Service Costs in Real Life

Product/Service Cost Mechanics

Fixed/Variable Dynamics

Gross Profit Mechanics

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Selling + Overhead Cost In Real Life

Selling + Overhead Cost Mechanics

Fixed/Variable Dynamics & Operating Leverage

Selling + Overhead Wrap-Up

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Net Working Capital Mechanics

Working Capital in Real Life

CapEx in Real Life

CapEx Mechanics

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Intro - Predictability

Range of Outcomes

Visibility Drivers

Good vs Bad Business

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Application #1: Business Analysis (Continued)

Application #2: Interpret the Numbers

Application #3: Industry Pricing Power + Trajectory

Application #4: Good vs Bad Business

Wrap-Up
Bypass 5-10 years of on-the-job buyside training in just a few hours.
No equivalent course.
Comprehensive framework to analyze any business.
No equivalent course.
Gain confidence in making assumptions in a Financial Model.
No equivalent course.
If you have some knowledge of Accounting Fundamentals, you will undoubtedly get more out of this course, but it's not required.
The framework from this course will help you to maneuver much more effectively in any Investment Banking or Private Equity interview. In particular, you will have a significant edge over other candidates if you are asked to work through business cases which are very common in Private Equity interviews and pop up in tough Investment Banking interviews.
In Private Equity, you need to break down businesses and analyze them every day. This course gives you a comprehensive framework to help you attack business analysis in a structured way and to present your findings with confidence. In Investment Banking, the best analysts operate like they are on the Buy Side before they get there. This course will allow you to break down and understand businesses like a pro, while your peers will be simply punching numbers into Excel.