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MBA Finance

The full 50-day path — from what a business is, to a company valuation you build yourself. 250 modules, each one a concept plus a locked checkpoint.

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01The MBA mindsetDays 1–2 · 10 modules

What a business is, value creation, the profit equation, the eight MBA disciplines, and the running café case.

02Why finance leadsDays 3–4 · 10 modules

Finance as the language of business, the three questions of corporate finance, time-value and risk–return intuition, opportunity cost and thinking at the margin.

03The income statementDays 5–6 · 10 modules

Accrual vs cash, revenue recognition, COGS and gross profit, operating expenses, EBIT and EBITDA, interest, taxes and net income.

04The balance sheetDay 7 · 5 modules

Assets, liabilities and equity, working capital, depreciation and amortisation, and reading a real balance sheet.

05Cash flow & how it all linksDays 8–9 · 10 modules

Why profit isn't cash, the cash flow statement, the cash conversion cycle, how the three statements connect, GAAP vs IFRS.

06Ratio analysisDays 10–11 · 10 modules

Liquidity, leverage, profitability and return ratios (ROA, ROE, ROIC), efficiency ratios, the DuPont decomposition, common-size statements.

07Reading earnings qualityDays 12–13 · 10 modules

Benchmarking, trend analysis, red flags and earnings quality, segment and off-balance-sheet analysis, building a one-page diagnostic.

08Time value of moneyDays 14–16 · 15 modules

Present and future value, discounting and compounding, annuities and perpetuities, loan amortisation, lease-vs-buy decisions.

09NPV & IRRDays 17–18 · 10 modules

The investment decision, net present value, internal rate of return, payback and profitability index, incremental cash flows, sunk costs.

10Project analysisDays 19–20 · 10 modules

Depreciation tax shields, a project's terminal value, sensitivity and scenario analysis, mutually exclusive projects and capital rationing.

11Risk & returnDays 21–22 · 10 modules

Measuring risk and return, the historical record, the risk premium, correlation and diversification, systematic vs unsystematic risk.

12CAPM & betaDays 23–24 · 10 modules

The efficient frontier, the capital market line, beta, the Capital Asset Pricing Model, the security market line, alpha and factor models.

13Market efficiencyDay 25 · 5 modules

The efficient market hypothesis, active vs passive investing, and why most active managers underperform.

14Cost of capital & WACCDays 26–28 · 15 modules

Cost of equity and debt, the tax shield, building WACC, the hurdle rate, project-specific rates, unlevering and relevering beta.

15Capital structure & payoutDays 29–31 · 15 modules

Debt vs equity, leverage, Modigliani–Miller, the tradeoff and pecking-order theories, dividends vs buybacks, the optimal structure.

16Building a DCFDays 32–33 · 10 modules

The three approaches to value, free cash flow to firm and equity, forecasting revenue, margins and reinvestment.

17Terminal & enterprise valueDay 34 · 5 modules

Terminal value methods, the danger when it dominates, discounting to enterprise value, and equity value per share.

18Multiples & relative valuationDays 35–37 · 15 modules

P/E, EV/EBITDA and price-to-book, choosing comparables, precedent transactions, valuing growth and startups, a full valuation.

19Mergers & acquisitionsDays 38–39 · 10 modules

Why companies combine, synergies, valuing a target, accretion/dilution, cash vs stock, the winner's curse, the leveraged buyout.

20Private equity, VC & IPOsDays 40–41 · 10 modules

The PE and VC models, the startup funding ladder, cap tables and dilution, SAFEs, pre/post-money valuation, and going public.

21Markets & bondsDays 42–43 · 10 modules

How markets are organised, interest rates, bond pricing and yield to maturity, the yield curve, duration and credit risk.

22DerivativesDays 44–45 · 10 modules

Forwards and futures, hedging, call and put options, payoff diagrams, Black–Scholes intuition, and real options.

23Macro & currency riskDay 46 · 5 modules

Central banks and monetary policy, inflation and asset prices, foreign exchange and managing currency risk.

24Behavioural finance & modellingDays 47–48 · 10 modules

Biases, overconfidence, anchoring and loss aversion, herding and bubbles, the three-statement model, driver-based forecasting.

25The capstoneDays 49–50 · 10 modules

Corporate finance as one system, ROIC vs cost of capital, capital allocation, ethics, and valuing a company from scratch.

Grading system

Every module ends in a checkpoint: two questions, locked the moment you answer — no retries, no second attempts. Across 250 modules that's 500 marks. Your Learn50 Score is the percentage you get right, and it earns a Tier you can put on LinkedIn or your résumé. The credential is real because the test was real.

Diamond90% – 100%
Platinum80% – 89%
Gold70% – 79%
Silver60% – 69%
Bronze50% – 59%
50 days from now, you'll have a score.
$39.00 · lifetime access · 250 modules
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What you get

Everything in the full course.

250modules

Across 50 days, five a day — about 30 minutes each.

500locked questions

Scored, one attempt each. No retries — so the score is real.

Score + Tier

A Learn50 Score out of 100 and a Tier, from Bronze to Diamond.

Certificate

An MBA-grade Certificate from Learn50, on completion — for your CV and LinkedIn.

Lifetime access
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