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Multi Location Model (Franchise Model)

This video walks through a model that assumes you operate a single-location business, and that you are contemplating opening new locations. The Excel template permits adding new locations and outputs the financial performance of the combined entity. In this installment the model will be introduced, and the process of inputting different assumptions will be explained.

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Test Your Financial Modeling Knowledge

Friends of ASM – I am stoked to announce that we are incorporating a new quizzing platform. At ASimpleModel.com, we believe testing makes you smarter faster, and that retrieving knowledge from memory is essential to successful learning. We are also working to keep as much content available for free as we possibly can. In that effort, our goal is to charge primarily for testing.

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My Quora Profile

I started answering questions on Quora a couple years ago to help create awareness for ASimpleModel. I have since found that I rather enjoy answering questions of a wider variety, and thought it would be relevant to share them here. Below you will find a selection of answers that relate to finance and / or investing, but not necessarily to financial models.

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How can I get good at financial modeling in three months?

I answer questions on Quora from time to time, and thought I should start sharing answers related to finance and financial models on ASM. You can find my profile HERE.

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Suggested Reading: Michael Mauboussin

Charlie Munger, a proponent of making yourself a learning machine, has the following to say about his partner Warren Buffet:

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