Learning this skill is essential to anyone trying to enter the world of investment banking

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Getty / John MooreThere are few skills more essential to investment banking than financial modeling and valuation. The ability to look at data and project where a company might be going or what it is worth allows you to make smart investments based on more than just a few recent good-looking numbers.

For anyone hoping to learn how to take the information laid before them in spreadsheets and stock tickers and turn it into projections of potential future earnings, Udemy is offering a course entitled Build Financial Models & Value Companies The Easy Way that could be just what you are looking for.

The course is instructed by Chris Haroun, a veteran of investment banking and venture capitalism who received his MBA in finance from Columbia University and worked at Goldman Sachs. His book, “101 Crucial Lessons They Don't Teach You in Business School," was also recently named 1 of 6 books that all entrepreneurs need to read right now by Forbes. Through the course, Haroun hopes to share his first-hand knowledge of how the experts value companies, build financial models, and then use that information to make important investment decisions.

Enrollment in the course usually costs $20, but through the end of August, you can get the course for just $12 by using the promo code 'AUGUSTINSIDER' at checkout. You don’t need a financial model to figure out the details on that investment.

Build Financial Models & Value Companies The Easy Way, $12 (originally $20), available at Udemy. [40% off with the promo code AUGUSTINSIDER]