Course curriculum

    1. Welcome: Why Cost of Capital Is Really About Survival

    2. Meet Your Expert: Mike Bollinger

    1. Chapter 1 | Overview

    2. 1.1 How Buyers Should Think About Capital

    3. Price Is Not the Problem: Pressure and Flexibility Are

    4. 1.2 Why Capital Is Priced This Way

    5. What Lenders Are Really Protecting Against

    6. Chapter 1 | Action Steps: Defining the Capital Pressure You Can Actually Live With

    7. Handout | Capital Pressure Self-Assessment

    8. Chapter 1 | Conclusion: From Approval Thinking to Owner Thinking

    9. Chapter 1 | Knowledge Check

    1. Chapter 2 | Overview — Structure Is Not Neutral

    2. 2.1 Capital Types & Acquisition Structures

    3. Seeing the Whole Capital Stack

    4. 2.2 Cash Flow and Risk

    5. When Profit Isn’t the Problem

    6. Chapter 2 | Action Steps: Stress-Testing the Structure

    7. Handout | Deal Stress Test

    8. Chapter 2 | Conclusion: The Structure You Choose Is the Business You Run

    9. Chapter 2 | Knowledge Check

    1. Chapter 3 | Overview

    2. 3.1 Common Buyer Mistakes with Capital

    3. The Patterns Buyers Don’t See Until It’s Too Late

    4. 3.2 Structuring for Survival

    5. Designing for a Bad Year, Not a Best Case

    6. Chapter 3 | Action Steps: Identifying Your Personal Failure Modes

    7. Handout | Survivability Framework

    8. Chapter 3 | Conclusion: Survival Is a Choice You Make Early

    9. Chapter 3 | Knowledge Check

    1. Chapter 4 | Closing: Capital Is the Environment You Choose

    2. Congratulations: You Now Know What to Protect

    3. Final Exam

    4. Survey

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