Buy it. Fix it. Sell it for more.Learn how investors buy a company, make it better and sell it for more.
Everyone who finishes gets a certificate for the work they did. If your work is strong, you can also earn a certificate of appreciation or a letter of recommendation.
in recognition of outstanding contribution and dedication shown during the Private Equity Analyst bootcamp, and of a curiosity that went well beyond the syllabus.
I am writing to recommend Your Name, who completed the Private Equity Analyst bootcamp with Fin Maverick from 01/01/2026 to 01/06/2026.
Over the course of the program Your Name worked on the Private Equity Analyst capstone and consistently stood out for judgement applied with genuine rigour rather than textbook recall.
I recommend Your Name without reservation for any opportunity in finance, and am confident they will bring the same dedication to future roles.
Sincerely,
has successfully completed an internship of 6 months with Fin Maverick under the Private Equity Analyst program, during the period 01/01/2026 to 01/06/2026. Your Name carried the capstone from first brief to final submission, and showed real commitment, discipline and aptitude.
Never looked at a buyout before? Start here. Each week you learn one part of a private equity analyst’s job, practise it on the same company, and hand in one piece of work.
Learn how a private equity fund makes money, sort through companies for sale, and check whether the profit the seller shows you is real.
Hand in: your screen and the true profitFind out how much debt the company can safely carry, who lends it, and build the simple model the whole decision rests on.
Hand in: your buyout modelWork backwards from the return the fund needs to the most it can pay, then write the memo the investment committee reads.
Hand in: your bid and memoLearn what happens the Monday after the deal closes: the 100-day plan, the numbers you track and how you spot trouble early.
Practice: a 100-day planTake one company from the first look to the sale, then explain every choice like you would in an interview.
Final: a full deal you can presentA buyout fund pays for a company partly with its own money and partly with a loan. The more it pays, the lower its return. Pick the price, as a multiple of yearly profit, and see if the deal still works.
Six skills a private equity team will test you on. Each one starts with a real problem from the job and ends with work you can show.
“A firm bought a company, changed very little, and doubled its money in four years. Explain how.”
“Eleven companies for sale arrived this week. Tell the partner which two are worth a closer look.”
“The seller says profit is ₹100 crore. After checking, you can defend ₹82 crore. Show why.”
“A lender offers more debt than the company can carry. Say how much to take, and why.”
“The bid is due Thursday and the seller wants more than your number. Write the memo.”
“Two years in, sales are ahead and cash is behind, and a loan test is in six weeks. What now?”
You make a real call on a deal, see where it goes wrong, then fix it. Here are three of them.
The seller added back costs that will happen again. Find them and fix the profit the price is based on.
Open simulation →Most of the return depends on profit growing every year. Test what happens if it does not.
Open simulation →Only one lender can block the company if things go wrong. Read the terms and find which.
Open simulation →Two funds buy the same company for ₹1,000 crore and sell it for ₹1,500 crore. Fund A pays all in cash. Fund B pays ₹400 crore in cash and borrows ₹600 crore, which it repays from the sale. Who makes more on its own money?
Fund A puts in ₹1,000 crore and gets ₹1,500 crore: 1.5×. Fund B puts in ₹400 crore and, after repaying the ₹600 crore loan, gets ₹900 crore: 2.25×. Borrowing does not change what the company is worth, but it makes the fund’s own money work harder. It also makes losses bigger if things go wrong.
Three graded milestones and a capstone. Each one is real work you can show.
Eleven companies for sale, one target whose seller shows a profit figure you cannot defend, and a business that looks fine today.
The checks are done, a lender is offering more debt than you should take, and you have a week to build the model.
A return target, a seller who wants more than your number, a management team to keep, and a committee on Thursday.
A company in a busy sale, a profit figure with disputed items, one customer nobody has sized, and a lender offering too much.
Every week follows the same simple loop: learn an idea, try it straight away, use it to make a decision, review it, then show you can do it.
Do I need a finance background?
No. Week 1 starts from zero: what a buyout fund is and how it makes money. If you are comfortable with percentages and a basic spreadsheet, the bootcamp teaches everything else.
How much time does it take each week?
Plan a few focused hours each week. Lessons are short and recorded, so you can fit them around college or work.
Is it live or recorded?
Fully self-paced. Lessons, actions, simulations and milestones are all on demand, so you learn when it suits you and replay anything as often as you need.
What do I walk out with?
A complete deal you built yourself and can walk through in an interview: a screen of companies, a real-profit check, a buyout model, a bid and an investment memo. Strong work also earns a certificate of appreciation or a letter of recommendation.
Will this get me a job?
No course can promise that. What it gives you is work you can show and the answers to the questions private equity teams actually ask. That is what gets you through the interview.
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