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What is Terminal value?

The value of all cash flows beyond the explicit forecast. For startups it is usually the majority of value, and it is applied in Week 5 via the Gordon Growth Model (Gordon, 1962).

Where you will use it: this term comes up in the Entrepreneurial Finance course, and the full course glossary collects every term in one place.

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From the free Entrepreneurial Finance course by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA.