Intro to Investment Banking, M&A, IPO, Modeling + Free Book (Udemy.com)
Award Winning Business School Prof, Ivy League MBA that Worked at Goldman. Currently a Venture Capitalist @ Top a VC.
Created by: Chris Haroun
Last updated May 2025
What you will learn
- Take your career to the next level!
- Create financial models from scratch (the Professor makes it so easy to understand).
- Understand how investment banking firms work and what they can do to help your business.
- Value companies the easy way.
- Understand how an IPO works!
How it compares
Against the other 376 rated Udemy courses in Finance & Accounting on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 47% of them
- Reviews1,232#107 of 377 by number of reviews
- Length2.2 hoursshorter than 75% of them
- Last updatedMay 2025earlier than 53% of them
Course Description
** Chris is the author of the #1 best selling business course on Udemy called "An Entire MBA in 1 Course." **
** ACCORDING TO BUSINESS INSIDER: "Haroun is one of the highest rated professors on Udemy, so you can expect to be in good hands through the course of your education." **
Do you want an amazing and easy to understand introduction to investment banking, M&A, valuation and modeling skills? In this course, you will learn how an initial public offering (IPO) works as the award winning MBA Professor worked on IPOs at Goldman Sachs. You will also learn real life case studies on why Facebook bought Instagram and What'sApp!
A free 130 page downloadable book of the ENTIRE course and much more is included!
This course is taught by an award winning MBA professor with significant real world experience working at Goldman Sachs as well as in the venture capital, hedge fund and consulting industries (he has founded several companies and sits on several boards). Many business concepts are simply common sense. This course will focus on business concepts that you need to know that might not be common sense. This course makes the general business, accounting and finance process very easy to understand! The professor of this course is also the author of "101 Crucial Lessons They Don't Teach You in Business School," which Forbes magazine recently called "1 of 6 books that all entrepreneurs need to read right now."
The contents of this course are all based on my work experience at several firms, including Goldman Sachs, the consulting industry at Accenture, a few companies I have started, the hedge fund industry where I worked at Citadel and most recently based on my experience at a prominent San Francisco based venture capital firm. I included helpful practical accounting concepts I learned while I did an MBA at Columbia University and a Bachelor of Commerce degree at McGill University. Think of this course as a great introduction to accounting based on my undergraduate business degree, work experience in consulting, equities, hedge funds, venture capital and starting my own companies.
I have minimized “boring complicated concepts” in this course in order to keep it as close to reality and as simple as possible. The concepts of this course have been taught by me in many classes at several universities, where the student feedback has been universally and incredibly positive (please see my LinkedIn profile for student reviews / feedback on my teaching style/effectiveness - thank you. Also please see reviews of my books in Amazon and here in Udemy on my teaching - particularly in my Udemy course on "101 Crucial Lessons They Don't Teach You in Business School,").
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
1,232 Reviews
Chris Haroun
Award Winning Professor Featured in Forbes, NBC, Business Insider, CNN & Entrepreneur
Please join me for my weekly Office Hours Q&A on my YouTube channel every Thursday from 8am until 10am Pacific time. Here is my bio thanks:
Chris Haroun is the founder & CEO of the 300+ hour online Haroun MBA Degree Program®, an award winning business school professor, MBA graduate from Columbia University & former Goldman Sachs employee. He has raised/managed over $1bn in his career.
He also has work experience at hedge fund giant Citadel, consulting firm Accenture & several firms that he has started, including an investment firm that had a venture capital investment in Facebook several years before the Facebook IPO.
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Reviews
By Ahmed Alahmed on 12/16/2024
I liked the simple explanations for hard topic and deliver in a simple way with visuals. I have gained knowledge of IPO from this course, and I am seeking for more.
By Xavier Victor Kanu on 7/22/2020
I thought it was a great course, very explanatory and all. Chris did a great job by making it very basic for some of us that aren't business people.
By Vivekanand Yadav on 5/24/2018
Thank you Chris for taking this Course. It was more a a re-cap course for me as I had already done your course on accounting, modeling & valuation. It refreshed my thoughts.
By Jennifer Howton on 4/19/2017
The professor sometimes goes quickly through the numbers and slides, and it's hard to follow and keep up. Sometimes I feel like I missed a course he's taught, even though this is an introduction class.
By Ajit Deshpande on 1/3/2017
I really enjoy Prof. Haroun's content and explanation in most of his courses. The recording voice level in this course is very low. I was struggling to hear and make sense of what Chris was saying through this entire course.
By Rayan Saleh on 11/27/2016
When it comes to content quality and mentors way of knowledge transfer then you have to search for such a great instructor. I do highly recommend Chris's courses for those who are looking to have a turn around point on what they are looking for.
By Antonio Reymao on 10/13/2016
Great course, but above all an amazing and enthusiastic teacher that is passionate about the topic, and transmits that passion to you. Highly recommend if you want to learn more about this topic.
By Jin Lee on 7/22/2016
Great summary insight into basics of Investment banking, valuations, modelling, and IPOs. I like the real life example cases provided such as the one about why Facebook bought Instagram. Perhaps a few more of those cases would make this course even better. Overall, a good intro into the course subject.
By Frank Orrosquieta on 4/28/2016
This is a very informative and inspirational course. The instructor is phenomenal at explaining IPOs, financial modeling, and mergers in an exciting and easily comprehensible format. I highly recommend investing in this to those who dream big.
By Shui Yu on 3/18/2016
Just finished the entire course and loved it! Chris is very clear and thorough. I like his simplicity and examples so no abstract theories and concepts. I especially love the last two lectures on business best practices. It's a great course even for people not in or plan to get in investment banking.
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Overall Score : 90 / 100












