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Financial Modeling in Google Sheets

IntermediateSkill Level
4.7+
258 reviews
Updated 12/2023
Learn basic business modeling including cash flows, investments, annuities, loan amortization, and more using Google Sheets.
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Course Description

Have you ever wanted to plan for retirement, understand the stock market, or create a cash flow for your business? This comprehensive course guides you through the process of building robust business and financial models using Google Sheets. Recognized for its versatility, Google Sheets serves as an exceptional tool for creating detailed business models. It empowers you to establish a clear framework for various financial goals, such as tracking investment growth, and enables you to update this framework with real-time data. This introductory section will set the stage for what you can expect to learn and achieve through the course.

Core Modeling Techniques

The course delves into the basics of business modeling, with a particular emphasis on critical aspects like cash flows, investments, annuities, loan amortization, and planning for retirement. You will be introduced to the fundamental principles that underpin these financial concepts, providing a solid foundation for building and interpreting models. This segment is designed to equip you with the necessary knowledge to understand how different financial variables interact and affect each other in a business context.

Advanced Functions and Applications in Sheets

As you progress, the course will introduce more advanced features of Google Sheets, focusing on referencing and function skills essential for constructing sophisticated models. You will learn how to utilize these features to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of your models. By the end of this course, you will not only have a thorough understanding of the theoretical aspects of business and financial modeling but also gain practical skills in using Google Sheets to apply these concepts to real-world scenarios. This hands-on experience will be invaluable in both your professional and personal financial planning.

Prerequisites

Intermediate Google Sheets
1

What are Models?

An introduction to modeling financial statements in Sheets focusing on balance and income statements, which help create cash flow models.
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Time Value Money Models

3

Planning and Investing Models

4

Probabilistic Models

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    its was good learning

  • Pujala
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    Good

  • Narayan
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    Nice

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FAQs

What financial concepts does this course cover in Google Sheets?

You will learn to build models for cash flows, investments, annuities, loan amortization, and retirement savings using Google Sheets financial functions like FV, PV, PMT, and NPER.

Do I need a finance background to take this course?

No finance background is required. The course teaches financial modeling basics from the ground up, but you should be comfortable with Google Sheets at an intermediate level.

What types of models will I build by the end of this course?

You will build balance and income statement models, time value of money models, investment growth models, loan amortization tables, and retirement planning spreadsheets.

Is this course taught in Excel or Google Sheets?

This course is taught entirely in Google Sheets. You will use Sheets-specific financial functions and referencing techniques to build your models.

How is the course structured across its four chapters?

It starts with financial statement modeling, moves to time value of money functions, then covers planning and investment models, and concludes with advanced modeling techniques.

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