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This course includes:

  • 6 hours on-demand video
  • 3 articles
  • 18 downloadable resources
  • Full lifetime access
  • Access on mobile and TV
Finance & Accounting Financial Modeling & Analysis Financial Modeling

Introduction to Financial Modeling for Beginners

Learn how to build your first financial models in Excel from scratch.
Rating: 4.2 out of 54.2 (1,460 ratings)
17,507 students
Created by Symon He, Brandon Young
Last updated 6/2020
English
English [Auto]
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Understand the essentials of financial modeling using Excel
  • Understand the financial modeling process
  • Be able to build their first financial forecast model in Excel
  • Be able to build their first financial reporting model in Excel
  • Be able to build their first financial decision making model in Excel
  • Be proficient in financial model design
  • Understand core concepts in finance
  • Know the business of lemonade stands inside out!
Curated for the Udemy for Business collection

Requirements

  • Microsoft Excel 2010 or newer

Description

Arun Mohan - 5 Stars

“The experience was an enlightening one as I was a novice in Finance and Excel and this Class was best fit for me. I could understand everything as the instructor took time to explain at a good pace and patiently introduced excel as well as accounting methods. Looking forward to getting acquainted with more of Finance.”

 

Ethan Wong - 5 Stars

“The course was designed very well, with clear explanations of the topic matter. Having the instructor show you everything step-by-step was very useful for learning. Also, having the excel spreadsheets to practice on was perhaps the most useful thing for me.”

 

There are THREE things you need to do in order to learn financial modeling:

            1.         You need to understand the key concepts of Finance

            2.         You need to understand the relevant features & techniques in Excel

            3.         You need to be able to put both of those together in practice.

 

 

You're reading this because you have an interest in learning financial modeling for your work or a desire to get into corporate finance.

 

We did too many years ago.

 

But when we first started out, we wasted a lot of time and effort learning useless and unnecessary information and techniques.

 

It didn't have to be as painful and time-consuming as it was.

 

That's why we created this course,  so you can avoid making the same mistakes that we made and learn financial modeling fast with no wasted effort. 

 

You DON’T have to learn everything about finance or Excel to become proficient at financial modeling.

 

You just need to know the RIGHT concepts and the RIGHT tools in each to get started.

 

Now why should you learn from us?

 

I’m proud to say that I have an MBA from Stanford University and have worked on many commercial real estate properties across a dozen asset types in multiple markets. I even helped create the underwriting standards for a 2000-store private restaurant chain, helping them open new locations around the world.

 

And as a licensed broker and real estate consultant, I've helped many private clients with locating, evaluating, and structuring investment opportunities including multi-million dollar commercial property acquisitions and 1031 exchanges.

 

My co-instructor, Brandon Young, has a Masters in Real Estate Finance & Development from the University of North Carolina Charlotte as well as a Masters in Finance from Tulane University. He has over a decade of combined financial and real estate experience, including acquisitions and development.

 

We've been living and breathing in financial models for practically our entire careers.

 

Andrés Soto - 5 Stars

“A really good course for beginners. Right now I understand everything.” 


Henry Taatjes - 5 Stars

"great instructors, great content”


Brady Burba - 5 Stars

“After reaching this point I see the training is going deeper into Excel and how to utilize the many tools and formulas Excel offers, without training on topics that are not relevant to my needs. Thank you!”

 

What if I don't have any Finance or Excel background?

 

No worries! This is an introductory course and it assumes ZERO prior knowledge or experience.  It is condensed because we've curated only the most relevant and useful topics to get you going fast.  

 

What will I be able to do after I take your course?

 

After taking our course, you will be:

•           Able to confidently speak to key finance, accounting, and modeling concepts

•           Able to use over a dozen of the most useful Excel features & techniques

•           Able to construct three distinct financial models from scratch

 

What’s with the lemonade stand?

 

Learning Excel or finance on their own is tough enough, and learning them at the same time can be extra challenging.  To further muddy the waters by asking students to learn an arbitrary business model would be unnecessarily confusing and a waste of time.   


But even with a simple business model such as a lemonade stand, you'll be surprised by how complex and sophisticated the analysis can become.

 

What’s holding you back?

 

Are you afraid this course won’t work?  I promise you it will.

 

Are you afraid this course will work and you’ll actually have to start investing? I think that’s a pretty good problem to have.

 

Are you afraid it will take time and effort? It will. Real estate isn’t an easy business, if it was everyone would do it. But if you put in the work I promise you’ll see results.

 

Best of all, there is absolutely ZERO risk. Udemy gives you a 30-day money back guarantee to ensure you get what you pay for.

 

So go ahead, sign up and let’s get to work right away!

Who this course is for:

  • Meant for students who want to become proficient in financial model but have little to no experience in Finance and/or EXCEL.
  • Want to learn financial modeling without worrying about whether they're learning unnecessary stuff
  • Want to learn from instructors who have relevant industry experience who understands the concepts AND knows what is relevant in practice
  • People who want to learn Financial Modeling from accessible instructors

Featured review

Ashwini Lakshmikantha
Ashwini Lakshmikantha
11 courses
3 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 5a year ago
its explained in simple terms, which is good. initially it feels its fast paced, so many important points is told without pausing in between, but however if we manually pause and recap the details its quiet catchy. excellent content and the video which comes at the beginning of each course sets the expectation right, all in all its good...

Course content

10 sections • 59 lectures • 6h 14m total length

  • Preview00:57
  • A few reminders before we begin
    01:05

  • Preview01:20
  • Preview00:45
  • Preview02:20
  • Jumpstart - Financial Model Design
    03:24
  • Jumpstart - Introduction Case Study - Part 1
    07:55
  • Jumpstart - Introduction Case Study - Part 2
    08:14

  • Preview01:37
  • Preview02:40
  • Income Statement
    02:05
  • Statement of Cash Flows
    02:11
  • Financial Forecasting Process
    01:42
  • Time Value of Money
    06:15
  • Capital Asset Pricing Model
    00:13
  • Weighted Average Cost of Capital
    09:59
  • Investment Return Metrics
    07:43
  • SUMMARY: Finance & Accounting Priciples
    00:40
  • Finance & Accounting Concepts
    5 questions

  • Preview01:53
  • Preview05:04
  • Preview06:16
  • Conditional Functions
    03:18
  • Named Ranges
    03:23
  • Conditional Statements
    09:20
  • Financial Functions
    08:45
  • Reference and Lookup Functions
    15:09
  • Dealing with Formula Errors
    04:44
  • Importing External Data
    05:42
  • Leveraging PivotTables & PivotCharts
    08:26
  • Using Solver
    02:45
  • Data Tables
    05:18
  • Recording Macros
    06:38
  • Workbook and Worksheet Security
    04:35
  • SUMMARY: EXCEL Features & Techniques
    00:34
  • Excel Features & Techniques
    5 questions

  • Preview01:24
  • Financial Forecasting Example Part 1
    09:39
  • Financial Forecasting Example Part 2
    13:39
  • Financial Forecasting Example Part 3
    11:54
  • Financial Forecasting Example Part 4
    12:55
  • Financial Forecasting Example Part 5
    11:57
  • SUMMARY: Financial Forecasting Model
    00:33

  • Preview00:38
  • Financial Reporting Example Part 1
    12:58
  • Financial Reporting Example Part 2
    08:04
  • Financial Reporting Example Part 3
    07:57
  • Financial Reporting Example Part 4
    11:33
  • SUMMARY: Financial Reporting Model
    00:35

  • Preview00:51
  • Financial Decision-Making Example Part 1
    12:33
  • Financial Decision-Making Example Part 2
    09:11
  • Financial Decision-Making Example Part 3
    13:41
  • Peak Capital
    00:12
  • Financial Decision-Making Example Part 4
    14:26
  • Financial Decision-Making Example Part 5
    09:11
  • SUMMARY: Financial Decision-Making Model
    00:24

  • Preview17:37
  • Building a Back of the Envelope Rental Income Property Model Part 2 of 2
    18:51

  • Congrats!
    01:42

  • Preview19:13

Instructors

Symon He
Author | Investor | Entrepreneur | Stanford MBA
Symon He
  • 4.4 Instructor Rating
  • 24,135 Reviews
  • 224,060 Students
  • 11 Courses

Symon He is the co-author of Airbnb for Dummies and the Real Estate Investing QuickStart Guide, both available now on Amazon and in bookstores throughout North America.

He is also co-founder of LearnBNB, a leading online educational destination for all things Airbnb hosting and short-term rentals. His works have been cited or featured on the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Forbes, CNBC, Entrepreneur, and SKIFT. Through his training and coaching programs, he has worked directly with thousands of aspiring Airbnb hosts to jumpstart their short term rental journeys. His training programs have been featured by prominent third-party partners, including a joint venture with RichDad.

As a licensed broker, Symon previously helped private real estate investors with their acquisitions and deal structuring. As an angel investor, he also advises and invests in early stage startups.

Previously, Symon worked in several corporate real estate and finance roles at large private and Fortune 80 companies, including at a private equity investment firm covering a wide range of commercial real estate acquisitions in the western USA.

Symon received dual degrees in Computer Engineering and Economics with Honors from UC Irvine and an MBA from Stanford University.

Brandon Young
Real Estate and Analytics Professional
Brandon Young
  • 4.3 Instructor Rating
  • 2,900 Reviews
  • 32,953 Students
  • 4 Courses

Brandon is an experienced real estate professional with expertise in financial analysis related to real estate acquisitions and development. Over the last decade, he has worked in real estate private equity, land acquisitions for a European grocer, corporate financial planning and analysis, and global analytics for both publicly traded and private companies.

Education

Master’s degree in Real Estate Finance and Development from UNC Charlotte.

Master’s degree in Finance from Tulane University.

Bachelor’s degree in Management from Park University.


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