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Key idea: Put the course together as a repeatable checklist, and use it the same way on every company.

You finished. Here is the course as a checklist to run on any company:

1. What does the business do, and how does it make money? 2. Is free cash flow real and roughly in line with profit (Day 5, Day 20)? 3. How much debt, and can profit cover the interest (Days 6 and 17)? 4. Are returns on capital and margins high and steady (Days 15 and 16)? 5. What do several valuation methods say, and do they agree (Day 14)? 6. What growth does the price already assume (Days 11 and 19)? 7. How confident is the estimate, and what can the model not see (Days 22 and 23)? 8. What would change my mind?

Run it on a company you know well, then on one you do not. The second is where the checklist earns its keep.

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