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The Tools
Learn the mechanics by moving the numbers yourself. Three interactive models, a full glossary, two quizzes, and a free guide. This is the same math the professionals run, stripped to the parts that teach.
The LBO Calculator
The arithmetic behind every buyout since KKR. Drag the leverage, growth, and exit sliders and watch MOIC and IRR respond live.
Open the calculator → Interactive modelMerger Math: Accretion / Dilution
Set the price, the funding mix, and the synergies, and watch what the deal does to EPS. The first question every board and every interviewer asks.
Run the merger math → Interactive modelThe DCF Calculator
Value a company from its cash flows, with a terminal-value meter and a live WACC sensitivity grid, the same table that goes in a real pitch deck.
Value a company → ReferenceThe M&A Glossary
Every deal term from poison pill to MOIC, defined in plain English and linked to the deals where it happened. Type to filter.
Browse the glossary → Two quizzes · 3 minutes eachWhich Legend Are You?
The operator quiz matches you to one of fourteen takeover titans; the banker quiz to a legendary M&A adviser. Both free.
Take a quiz → Free downloadThe Dealmaker’s Playbook
Six legendary moves from the titans of finance and the lesson to steal from each. Free, straight to your inbox.
Get the free guide →