Capital Structure Dividends Start-ups 
Brian DeChesare
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Corporate finance jobs at normal companies are bad … …if you’re using them to break into a deal-based field, such as investment banking , private equity , or venture capital , or as a “Plan B” if you interview around but do not get into one of these. Your total compensation in U.S.-based What Are Corporate Finance Jobs?
Brian DeChesare
MAY 14, 2025
Ill start this section with the easiest-to-explain differences. Some of these companies earn income from usage fees, in which case they start to resemble non-real-estate firms, but the bulk of their revenue still tends to come from rent. You get the idea, so Ill stop here and move on to the next confusing topic.
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Brian DeChesare
MAY 3, 2023
When I started offering financial modeling training , I never expected to get questions about a methodology like the Dividend Discount Model (DDM). Otherwise, the written version follows: Why Use a Dividend Discount Model? If you sum up these numbers, you can see whether the company is valued appropriately.
Musings on Markets
JANUARY 11, 2024
Continuing an annual ritual of long standing, ahead of starting my spring teaching at NYU starting in a couple of weeks, I would like to invite you, if you are interested, to come along for the ride. In short, you can start with the regular class in January 2024 and stretch out the class over 12 months or 18 months, if you want to.
Andrew Stolz
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
When I started in finance, buybacks were almost unheard of; now, companies prefer to distribute cash through buybacks. companies have distributed more money through buybacks than through dividends. This usually happens when a company is making a deliberate and significant change to its capital structure.
Brian DeChesare
JUNE 1, 2022
Traditionally, the sector was viewed as a defensive play for investors who wanted stable dividends and no drama. But over time, trends like market liberalization, deregulation, the shift to renewables, and the ESG religion “movement” have shaken up a sleepy sector. It’s safe to say that they have encouraged more deal activity.
Valutico
DECEMBER 15, 2022
SaaS start-ups are valued at 10x Sales”. The higher up in the P&L statement the metric is that is selected, the more assumptions are made on the similarity of operations of the respective companies. . This is a very similar multiple to the EV/EBITDA excludes D&A (thus the asset structure). Examples: .
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