Hello everyone, I hope to see you all in today’s Financial Modeling Masterclass, the first session of our two-day workshop (today and tomorrow). Starting in 75 minutes from now. If you haven’t already, go to Classroom and unlock the Financial Modeling course. Today, we’ll be building a complete Leveraged Buyout (LBO) model from scratch, covering the key concepts and techniques used by investment banks, private equity firms, and corporate finance professionals. I look forward to seeing you there! Regards, Professor Drou

Sign up for the 2-day financial modeling - it’s now shifted to Wednesday and Thursday from 1-3pm each day for this week. Prof. Drou.

Hello Drou Academy Members, We’re back to our regular summer schedule! Below is our lineup of upcoming seminars and workshops. All times are in New York (Eastern) Time. Free Weekly Live Seminars July 22 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Options Markets: Learn the Basics July 30 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Risk & Return Basics August 12 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Portfolio Performance Measures & Analysis August 19 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Financial Statement Analysis August 26 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Corporate Valuation Analysis – Public Companies September 2 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Corporate Valuation Analysis – Private Companies September 9 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Transaction Analysis: LBOs, M&A & Corporate Acquisitions Paid Live Masterclasses & Workshops July 28–29 | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Daily): Financial Modelling Masterclass (4 Hours) Fee: $195 August 4–6 | 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Daily): Credit Risk Analyst Training Program (6 Hours) Fee: $195 August 8 and August 15 (Daily) | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM IP & Startup Valuation Workshop Fee: $125 To enroll in any of the paid workshops, visit our Drou Academy classroom: https://www.skool.com/drou-academy/classroom I look forward to seeing many of you in the upcoming sessions. Whether you're looking to strengthen your finance fundamentals, sharpen your valuation skills, or advance your credit analysis expertise, we have an exciting lineup planned for the rest of the summer! Regards, Professor Drou

I hope you're all doing well! I apologize for being quiet this past week. I was busy teaching the Columbia University Pre-College Program, which kept me fully occupied. I'm excited to be back next week as we resume our free weekly seminars, where we'll continue covering key topics in finance, investing, credit, and venture capital. Then, beginning the week of August 3, we'll restart our paid professional workshops, including: - Credit Risk Analyst Training - Start-up & Venture Capital Finance - Financial Modelling Masterclass I look forward to seeing many of you again and welcoming new members to the sessions. Thank you for your continued support of Drou Academy! Best regards, Professor Drou

I 'm planning the next round of live seminars for Drou Academy, and I want to build them around what you actually want to learn. Vote for your top 3 (or drop a comment if you want something not listed)! 🚀 Startups & Fundraising (new — tied to my upcoming book, Angel Investing and Venture Capital Playbook) 1. What Investors Are Really Evaluating When You Pitch 2. Term Sheets Decoded — SAFEs, Convertible Notes & Series A Preferred Stock 3. Cap Tables & Dilution — the Ownership Math Every Founder Must Know 4. Startup Valuation Demystified — Market, Income, Cost & the Hybrid Approach 5. Building a Data Room & the Art of Financial Storytelling for Fundraising 6. Exit Strategies — M&A, IPO, and Beyond Career Prep 7. What I Wish I Knew Before My First Wall Street Interview 8. Live Modeling Test Walkthrough — a real case study, start to finish 9. Breaking Into Credit Analysis vs. IB vs. PE (Q&A / panel style) Valuation & Investing 10. What's a Startup Actually Worth? (Options Pricing, DCF & Market Methodology) 11. DCF Mistakes That Get You Fired in an Interview 12. Comps vs. Precedent Transactions — when each one lies to you 13. Reading a Cap Table Like a VC Credit & Debt Markets 14. How Banks Really Decide Who Gets a Loan (inside a credit committee memo) 15. Distressed Debt Investing 101 — what happens when a company can't pay 16. Reading a Covenant Package Like a Lender 17. LBO Debt Structuring — senior/sub/mezz stacks in a real deal 👉 Comment with the numbers of your top 3, or react with 🔥 on the ones you want most. The topics with the most votes get scheduled first — and a couple may turn into paid deep-dive workshops or tie into the launch of my new book.