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Before the MBA · P02

🧮 Business Math & Spreadsheets

Percentages, growth, compounding and spreadsheet thinking: the math managers use every day, without the scary parts.

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🎓 Business math and Excel are expected before day one of most MBA programs.

You'll be able to

  • Work confidently with percentages, margins and markups
  • Compound growth forward and backward
  • Build simple models in a spreadsheet
  • Estimate any number quickly (Fermi estimates)

Syllabus

  1. 1Percentages Without PanicComing soon
  2. 2Margin vs MarkupComing soon
  3. 3Growth Rates and CompoundingComing soon
  4. 4The Rule of 72Coming soon
  5. 5Averages That LieComing soon
  6. 6Spreadsheet Thinking: Cells and FormulasComing soon
  7. 7Lookups and ScenariosComing soon
  8. 8Charts That Tell the TruthComing soon
  9. 9Estimating Anything (Fermi Problems)Coming soon
  10. 10Boss: Model a Café's First YearComing soon

This course is being written now. VIP members get every new lesson the day it's released.