I 'm planning the next round of live seminars for Drou Academy, and I want to build them around what you actually want to learn. Vote for your top 3 (or drop a comment if you want something not listed)!
๐ Startups & Fundraising (new โ tied to my upcoming book, Angel Investing and Venture Capital Playbook)
- What Investors Are Really Evaluating When You Pitch
- Term Sheets Decoded โ SAFEs, Convertible Notes & Series A Preferred Stock
- Cap Tables & Dilution โ the Ownership Math Every Founder Must Know
- Startup Valuation Demystified โ Market, Income, Cost & the Hybrid Approach
- Building a Data Room & the Art of Financial Storytelling for Fundraising
- Exit Strategies โ M&A, IPO, and Beyond
Career Prep
7. What I Wish I Knew Before My First Wall Street Interview
8. Live Modeling Test Walkthrough โ a real case study, start to finish
9. Breaking Into Credit Analysis vs. IB vs. PE (Q&A / panel style)
Valuation & Investing
10. What's a Startup Actually Worth? (Options Pricing, DCF & Market Methodology)
11. DCF Mistakes That Get You Fired in an Interview
12. Comps vs. Precedent Transactions โ when each one lies to you
13. Reading a Cap Table Like a VC
Credit & Debt Markets
14. How Banks Really Decide Who Gets a Loan (inside a credit committee memo)
15. Distressed Debt Investing 101 โ what happens when a company can't pay
16. Reading a Covenant Package Like a Lender
17. LBO Debt Structuring โ senior/sub/mezz stacks in a real deal
๐ Comment with the numbers of your top 3, or react with ๐ฅ on the ones you want most. The topics with the most votes get scheduled first โ and a couple may turn into paid deep-dive workshops or tie into the launch of my new book.