Foundations

Learn it before you drill it.

Go from zero to interview-ready across six finance careers. Learn the job, master the technicals, use repeatable answer frameworks, and prove it in cumulative checks.

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Investment Banking mastery

From accounting foundations to valuation and live deal mechanics.

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Unit 1 · Absolute basics

What the job is and the language it speaks

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1.1

What investment bankers actually do

Advisory, financing, and why companies pay for either.

6 min 1.2

The three financial statements

Income statement, balance sheet, cash flow — and what each is for.

8 min 1.3

How the statements link

The single most tested idea in a first-round interview.

9 min

Unit 2 · Valuation foundations

What a company is worth and to whom

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2.1

Enterprise value vs equity value

The distinction that half of technical questions rest on.

7 min 2.2

Trading comps and multiples

Relative valuation: what the market pays for similar businesses.

7 min 2.3

DCF from first principles

Free cash flow, discount rates, terminal value.

10 min

Unit 3 · Deal mechanics

Where valuation meets a live transaction

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3.1

Accretion / dilution

Does the deal add to the acquirer's earnings per share?

8 min 3.2

LBO basics

How leverage manufactures a return.

9 min 3.3

Synergies, premia and goodwill

The plumbing of a purchase price.

7 min

Unit 4 · Interview mastery

Process, answer frameworks, and a cumulative case

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4.1

M&A process and deal execution

Understand the sequence, documents, and judgment behind a live transaction.

12 minframework 4.2

Technical and behavioral answer frameworks

Answer common questions with the structure of a polished analyst.

12 minframework 4.3

Investment banking technical capstone

Connect accounting, valuation, and deal mechanics in one cumulative case.

16 mincapstone

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