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on Oct 25, 2019
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I have to do a valuation of a company and prepare a slide deck. How can I learn to do this?

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I have an interview with transaction services in a big 4 where I have to perform a valuation model of a company and then present it in a slide deck. Does anyone know where I can even start to practice for this and ensure that I am practicing for the correct thing? 

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You can try Training The Street valuation courses. They also have a dedicated course on "valuation on paper" but only once you can do valuation in excel

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