About the Course:

Developing sophisticated financial models is crucial for determining the viability of new business initiatives, raising capital, measuring the performance of your management team, and for competitive intelligence.

This course will help the business development community develop financial models and forecasts that:

• Predict market size and growth rates
• Predict market share your firm can expect to win
• Forecast revenue for your firm
• Calculate breakeven thresholds

Specific Methodologies That Will Be Covered Include:

• Sensitivity/scenario analysis
• Monte Carlo analysis
• Real Options
• Goal Seek
  
• Correlation analysis
• Solver functions
  

Specific Ratios That Will Be Covered Include:

• Market share
• Unit share
• Brand development index
• Price premium
• Customer lifetime value
• Average acquisition cost
• Average retention cost

Specific skills that will be taught include:

• Calculating present / future value
• Calculating depreciation using a variety of depreciation methods
• Creating formulas
• Creating pivot tables
• What-If scenarios

The modeling and forecasting exercises for this course will be run with Excel.

Attendees will receive electronic versions of the worksheets, detailed financial model templates and a schedule of ratio metrics at no extra charge (a $395 value).

Please bring a laptop computer, with Excel to the course and a USB stick to obtain the course materials.

*This course is also offered on a custom basis. The content can be customized to meet your company's specific needs and can also be delivered exclusively to your employees at your offices.

For further information, please contact Neomi Barazani at 609-919-1895 ext. 100 or info@bdacademy.com.*

About the Instructor:

David Wanetick is a Managing Director at IncreMental Advantage, a research boutique based in Princeton, NJ. Representatives from more than 850 Fortune 1000 companies have participated in programs produced by IncreMental Advantage. David is the author of three books that have achieved world-wide acclaim, the most recent of which is The Power of Incremental Advantage: How Incremental Improvements Produce Dramatically Disproportionate Results. He has been a guest on CNBC, Bloomberg and CNNfn and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Barrons, Investor’s Business Daily, Boards & Directors, and many other newspapers, blogs and magazines throughout the United States. He speaks about issues of Leadership, Strategic Planning, Financial Modeling, Negotiations, and IP Valuation before many organizations and corporations. He has lectured all over the United States, in Canada, Belgium, Germany, Singapore, Kuwait, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Israel.

Course Length: Approx. 3.5 hours

Course Schedule:

Princeton, NJ - September 24, 2010 - Location:
Incremental Advantage Inc.
4390 Route 1
Suite 214
Princeton, NJ 08540
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Philadelphia, PA - October 4, 2010
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Two Commerce Square
2001 Market Street
Suite 4100
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7013
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Webinar - November 2, 2010 (EST)
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

New York, NY - November 12, 2010
Cooper & Dunham
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112-2202
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Washington DC - December 6, 2010
Dickinson Wright
International Square 1875 Eye St., N.W., Suite 1200
Washington, D.C.- 20006
Time: 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Webinar: This rate is for one participant. Distribution of login information is prohibited. Site licenses for up to five participants are available for $1,795. To arrange a site license, please contact Neomi Barazani at 609-919-1895 ext. 100 or info@bdacademy.com.

Seating is Limited to 20 per session
Register online or by contacting
Registration / Membership Coordinator,
at 609-919-1895 ext. 100 or registration@bdacademy.com