Who Should Take This Course?

  • You're a busy student or professional
    and don't have a ton of time

    You're incredibly busy, juggling multiple commitments. You don't have 20 hours to learn Finance fundamentals for interviews.



    We know what it takes to get you ready and focus our training on exactly what you need to know...no time is wasted.

  • You're aiming for Bulge-Bracket,
    Elite Boutique or Middle-Market IB

    We've led training at BB, EB, and MM Investment Banks and have helped countless students prepare for and land roles at those same firms.


    We know what banks are looking for and will give you the tools you need to succeed.

  • You're aiming for the Buy-Side
    (Private Equity or Inv. Mgmt)

    We've led training at small-cap to megafund Private Equity firms as well as the world's largest Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds. We've also helped many prepare for and land roles at those same firms.

    To succeed in investing, you'll need a deep understanding of foundational Valuation concepts.

Don't Take Our Word For It!

Read reviews from students who have completed this course.

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Prepped me for all interviews!

Rahel / Ninja

Mike always makes complex concepts easy to understand. Amazing!

Mike always makes complex concepts easy to understand. Amazing!

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Imperative for Recruiting

Jackson Dunbar

BIWs does a good job telling you the valuation methodologies, but Mike takes it one step forward and helps one truly understand the mechanics.

BIWs does a good job telling you the valuation methodologies, but Mike takes it one step forward and helps one truly understand the mechanics.

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Easy to follow

Arya Dudipala

Everything needed for interviews is covered!

Everything needed for interviews is covered!

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Valuation Fundamentals Mastery

Kiran Jacob

The valuation course was extremely helpful to me as I had no prior finance background/knowledge before taking this course. Mike teaches at the perfect speed,...

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The valuation course was extremely helpful to me as I had no prior finance background/knowledge before taking this course. Mike teaches at the perfect speed, challenging those who take the course while reinforcing key concepts throughout the modules to help students refresh the skills they have been learning along the way!

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Best Module!

Logan Rehwinkel

Learning the aspects of valuation from a fundamental aspect to understanding the concept.

Learning the aspects of valuation from a fundamental aspect to understanding the concept.

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In Layman's term

Michael Pedoeem

this was the first course that really explained valuation concepts to me, where I was able to understand them! Never experienced something like this

this was the first course that really explained valuation concepts to me, where I was able to understand them! Never experienced something like this

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Most easy to understand valuation course I’ve ever used!

FirstName LastName

This course helped me prepare for interviews. It is so easy to follow, engaging, and makes valuation an easy concept to grasp. I watched this before an inter...

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This course helped me prepare for interviews. It is so easy to follow, engaging, and makes valuation an easy concept to grasp. I watched this before an interview to remind myself about the fundamentals and it helped me so much! I recommend this course to anyone and everyone looking to understand valuation in an engaging and simple way! Thank you Mike!

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Are Your Courses Really Different?


We take a highly visual approach to make concepts easier to digest. 


Below is a sample section of our Valuation Fundamentals Mastery course to help you get a feel for the course and our differentiated approach. 



Sample Lesson: DCF Basics


Course curriculum

    1. Calculating Free Cash Flow (7 Min)

    2. Valuation Step-By-Step

    3. Time For Excel: DCF Stage 1 (15 Min)

    4. Burn it in! (2 Min)

    5. Test Your Skills!

    1. Introduction to Stage 2 (2 Min)

    2. How to Calculate Terminal Value (7 Min)

    3. Time for Excel: DCF Stage 2 (7 Min)

    4. Burn it in! (1 Min)

    5. Test Your Skills!

About this course

  • 61 lessons

Do You Really Know What You're Doing?


Learn from a former Investment Banking, Private Equity, and Hedge Fund practitioner (and Columbia Business School professor) who has successfully trained thousands of students. 



Mike has accumulated a unique range of experiences as a practitioner and teacher across the core areas of top-tier Finance. 


In Finance|able's courses, Mike ties these experiences together to help students see each situation from buy-side, sell-side, and operating roles using time-tested methods from over a decade and a half working and teaching on Wall Street.

Mike oversees all curriculum development and is building the only curriculum available that is purpose-built to tie together the common threads across disciplines above to maximize your potential as an analyst.


Coming from a non-traditional background, our Founder, Mike Kimpel, is incredibly passionate about helping newcomers learn about (and excel in!) the world of Finance!


You will be able to succeed whether you're headed to Investment Banking, Private Equity, Investment Management, Corporate Finance, or M&A.


You'll learn to be much more than a 'Monkey' with our training. 

Aiming for a
BB/EB/MM banking role or
to work on the Buy-Side?

How Are Your Courses Different?


Bucketed Content 


Our courses are designed to deliver exactly what you need, based on where you are in your career progression.  


Focused + Applicational Content

 

You're a busy person, with a lot on your plate!

 

We skip the fluff and zero in on what you really need to know!


As an example, many Excel courses teach you every Excel Function under the sun.  

In contrast, our Excel Survival Kit focuses on what you'll actually use day-to-day as an analyst


And our Excel course is built around a comprehensive project that actually reflects what you will actually do on the job!


We continue to be baffled by financial analyst programs that boast about 10-20+ hours of content...in a world where attention spans are shrinking by the minute.


It reminds us of the famous Mark Twain Quote:

“I apologize for such a long letter - I didn't have time to write a short one.”


Don't worry, you won't need 20+ hours to learn core topics with our courses!



Highly Visual Approach


Many finance courses look like a copy-paste from a textbook to a slide. 


Let's face it, nobody likes learning this way...especially not in 2022. 

Our courses are intentionally designed with a highly-visual approach to help make learning easier, more engaging...and call us crazy...but even a little bit fun!



Dynamic (not Static) Mental Frameworks


Most intro-level modeling courses are built around a particular company case. 

This sounds like a great idea, but it has two major issues:

  1. Attempting to learn company-specific details while simultaneously learning model mechanics (often ends with information overload and pure confusion).
  2. Building your foundational constructs around a single company. But every model build has company-specific nuances. 



While we will offer real-company cases, our foundational courses are built around a simplified example to ensure you build a strong conceptual foundation.


We further reinforce your learning with Visual Mental Maps for everything from Valuation to Financial Modeling. 


With our courses and mental maps, you will be able to attack any model with confidence instead of getting lost in one-off nuances of individual companies. You won't get lost in the weeds in our courses!



Embedded Interview Prep


Within each section of our Concepts courses, you'll find a walkthrough of common interview questions tied to the concepts covered. 


With this approach, we not only help you build a strong conceptual foundation but also prepare you to nail your interviews. 



A True 'Learning Journey'


We know your foundational training is only the beginning. 


And we build our courses to provide you with exactly what you need at every stage of your learning journey.  


In the end, we're aiming to provide you with everything you need to survive your first 5-10 years on the job. 


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