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Related: Evaluating Financials + Key Metrics
The Importance of Modeling
Forecasting
A Model is a Tool, Not THE Tool
- In which situations do we use a financial model?
- In these situations, what question are we trying to answer?
- Thoughts about valuation
- Thoughts about cost structure and sustainability
- Thoughts about company financial health
- In any method for measuring financial health, there are always multiple ways to evaluate this that might give you different answers
- Using various methods can help you triangulate what feels like the right answer
Things to Understand
Understanding the Drivers of a Model
Forecasting
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Simple Forecasting Exercise
Building an ARR Financial Model