ECON 1745 · Corporate Finance
Capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, corporate governance, and takeovers, with intermediate micro and statistics as the base.
It clicked in class. Until the midterm.
Finance tutoring for Harvard students.
At Harvard College, corporate finance lives in the economics department and assumes you're comfortable with math, statistics, and Excel. At HBS, Finance I and II are taught through cases, so you need the numbers ready before class starts.
Private 1-on-1 on Zoom · $250 / hour
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The courses
What we work on.
Bring your slides, problem sets, and your last midterm. We work from your actual course.
Finance I and Finance II
Finance I in the first semester covers valuation and investment decisions. Finance II builds on it with complex investments and a firm's financial policies.
Harvard
Where students get stuck.
Economics first, finance second
ECON 1745 frames finance as applied economics. Students strong in theory can still stall on the practical mechanics of valuation.
Case prep
In a case discussion you're expected to have run the numbers already. We work through the analysis so you can focus on the argument in class.
Excel under time pressure
Knowing the concept isn't enough when the model has to be built fast. We practice setting up the analysis cleanly.
How a session works
Diagnosis first. Then the fix.
- 01
Before we meet
Send me what you're stuck on: a problem set, slides, your last midterm, a practice exam, last week's quiz.
- 02
On Zoom
You walk me through a problem out loud. It usually takes a few minutes to hear where the reasoning goes sideways. We fix that piece and rebuild from there, so you know why each step works.
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Before we finish
The real test: a fresh problem with new numbers and different wording, the way a midterm would ask it, and you solve it yourself. I don't complete assignments or hand over answers. You leave able to do the work.
Your tutor
Studied it. Worked in it. Now I teach it.
I’m Chi Odogwu. I have a B.S. in Business with a finance specialization from Liberty University, earned summa cum laude in three years, and a Master’s in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis. I tutored IB students in grad school, did valuation and private equity consulting at PwC, taught MBA finance at Florida State, and spent three years as an adjunct professor teaching Business Finance.
Questions
Before you book.
Do you help HBS students before Finance I starts?
Yes. Students without a finance background often do a few sessions over the summer before the RC year.
Can you help me prepare for a case discussion?
Yes. We work through the finance in the case together so you understand it. The analysis you present is yours.
Is tutoring allowed under my school's honor code?
Tutoring on concepts and practice problems is generally fine, but policies on graded work vary by course. I don't complete graded assignments. Check your syllabus's collaboration policy, and if you're unsure, ask your professor.
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Bring the problem you’re stuck on.
Tell me your course and what isn’t clicking. I’ll tell you honestly whether I can help.
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