MBA

Table of Contents

1. How To Calculate Return On Investment
2. The Present Value of Future Cash Flows
3. The Time Value of Money
4. Compounding Interest
5. Corporate Entities
6. Piercing the Corporate Veil
7. Accounting
8. The Profit And Loss Statement
9. The Balance Sheet
10. Cash Flow
11. Analyzing Financial Statements
12. Key Business Metrics
13. Price: Why Lower Isn't Always Better
14. Projections, Budgeting and Forecasting
15. Scenarios
16. Budgeting In A Small Early Stage Company
17. Budgeting In A Growing Company
18. Budgeting In A Large Company
19. Forecasting
20. Risk and Return
21. Diversification
22. Hedging
23. Currency Risk In A Business
24. Purchasing Power Parity
25. Opportunity Costs
26. Sunk Costs
27. Off Balance Sheet Liabilities
28. Enterprise Value and Market Value
29. Bookings vs Revenues vs Collections
30. Commission Plans
31. What A CEO Does
32. What A CEO Does (continued)
33. Outsourcing
34. Outsourcing vs Offshoring
35. Employee Equity
36. Employee Equity: Dilution
37. Employee Equity: Appreciation
38. Employee Equity: Options
39. Employee Equity: The Liquidation Overhang
40. Employee Equity: The Option Strike Price
41. Employee Equity: Restricted Stock and RSUs
42. Employee Equity: Vesting
43. Employee Equity: How Much?
44. Acquisition Finance
45. M&A Fundamentals
46. Buying and Selling Assets
47. The MBA Mondays Curriculum
48. Selling Your Company
49. M&A Case Studies: ChiliSoft
50. M&A Case Studies: WhatCounts
51. M&A Case Studies: WhatCounts Sale Process
52. M&A Case Studies: Feedburner
53. M&A Issues: The Integration Plan
54. MBA Mondays Everywhere
55. M&A Issues: The Stay Package
56. What A Management Team Does
57. M&A Issues: Governmental Approvals
58. MBA Tuesday
59. M&A Issues: Breakup Fees
60. M&A Issues: Reps, Warranties, Indemnities, and Escrows
61. M&A Issues: Timing
62. M&A Issues: Consideration
63. M&A Issues: Price
64. Margins
65. Margins (continued)
66. LTV > CPA
67. Ordinary Income vs Capital Gains
68. Competition - The Pros and Cons
69. Financing Options For Small Tech Companies
70. Financing Options For Startups
71. Financing Options: Friends and Family
72. Financing Options: Contests / Prizes / Accelerator Programs
73. Financing Options: Government Grants
74. Financing Options: Customers
75. Financing Options: Vendor Financing
76. Financing Options: Convertible Debt
77. Financing Options: Preferred Stock
78. Financings Options: Venture Debt
79. Financing Options: Capital Equipment Loans and Leases
80. Financing Options: Bridge Loans
81. Financing Options: Working Capital Financing
82. Pricing A Follow-On Venture Investment
83. Determining Valuation Multiples
84. EBITDA
85. Cap Tables
86. Liquidation Analysis
87. Liquidation Analysis (Continued)
88. Revenue Based Financing
89. VP Finance vs CFO
90. VP Engineering Vs CTO
91. A New MBA Mondays Series: Business Arcanery
92. Business Arcanery: Going Concern
93. Sustainability
94. Burn Rate
95. Burn Rates: How Much?
96. How Much To Burn While Building Product
97. Scaling The Management Team
98. The Management Team - While Building Product
99. The Management Team - While Building Usage
100. The Management Team - While Building The Business
101. The Management Team - Guest Post From Matt Blumberg
102. The Management Team - Guest Post From JLM