Dissent Advisory pathway · Pathway A
Founder’s Office, Finance Operator
Four courses on one company, from the model and what each order earns, through the operating plan and thirteen weeks of cash, to what the investor and the board are shown and what diligence tests.
- Courses
- 4
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Issued by
- Dissent Advisory
- Progress
- 0 of 4 certificates
For the finance hire in a founder’s office and the analyst on a virtual CFO mandate. Take the courses in order; each ends on the question the next one answers. The pathway certificate is issued once all four course certificates are earned.
Every example runs on Kalasu Home Appliances Private Limited, a fictional Bengaluru brand of small kitchen appliances, with one set of books across all four courses.
The four courses
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A1
Financial Modelling in the AI Era
A driver-based three-statement model and a valuation, built or verified with AI tools
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120 minutes · DA-FMAI
A2
Unit Economics and Cohorts
A contribution waterfall by channel and a cohort table
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120 minutes · DA-UNIT
A3
Budget, Burn and Runway
An operating plan, a 13-week cash forecast and runway scenarios
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120 minutes · DA-BURN
A4
Investor Updates, Board Packs and the Data Room
A June update, a board pack, a KPI reconciliation, a data room index and a Q&A tracker
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120 minutes · DA-BORD
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Pathway certificate
Opens when all four course certificates are earned
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The pathway certificate carries the lowest of the four course grades and the four course credentials.
Dissent Advisory, Divinitus Advisors LLP. Kalasu Home Appliances is fictional and every figure in these courses is illustrative. The courses are education, not advice on any specific company or transaction.