Short guides on the models people actually get asked about in PE, VC, and IB interviews. Each one pairs with a tab in the simulator so you can change the inputs and watch the outputs move.
European vs. American. Hurdle. Catch-up. Carry. Walk through every tier and run it yourself.
Entry EV, debt schedule, FCF sweep, exit. The bare-minimum version, then the simulator.
Why every PE fund loses money for the first few years on paper, and what the breakeven year tells you.
Pre-money, post-money, option pool shuffle, SAFEs. The thing founders get wrong on the whiteboard.
For PFL, FOR, FORI, and similar events. The 15-step plan FundSim's DECA Suite generates.
Project free cash flow, discount at WACC, add terminal value, get enterprise value. Free, no Excel.
Build and test LBO, DCF, M&A, and cap-table models interactively — without a spreadsheet.
Cost of equity, cost of debt, and the weighted blend that becomes every DCF's discount rate.
Does the deal raise or lower EPS? Combined earnings, financing cost, new shares — netted out.
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