Finance and Deal Making
summary
Builds an Excel model live to demonstrate discounted cash flow valuation, starting from the time value of money using a 10.5% S&P benchmark and showing how higher risk pushes required returns to 20%+, which cuts value. Converts $3M EBITDA over five years into an enterprise value that drops from $11.4M at 10% to about $9M at 20%, i.e. a 3x EV/EBITDA multiple. Runs a concrete game example: $30 MSRP → $14 net, 200k break‑even, 350k sales → studio value ≈ $5.5M after costs and terminal value.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Live finance workshop intro
- 1:08Valuation fundamentals
- 9:16Time value of money
- 16:58Risk and discount rates
- 25:54Revenue forecasts for games
- 34:50Expenses and cash flows modeling
- 44:08Project Bananas valuation case
- 50:20Enterprise Value and EV/EBITDA
- 57:48Q&A
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