The cost is $295 and you can enroll by clicking here.

Our prices are lower primarily because our instructors are professionals from private equity funds and companies who generally donate their time because their firms are looking for employees to hire from the students who take the class.

A student in the Private Equity training course will learn how to:

• Design and write a Private Placement Memorandum.
• Structure and write a Term Sheet or Memorandum of Understanding.
• Calculate a weighted average cost of capital.
• Analyze a Leveraged Buy-Out (LBO).

A graduate of the Private Equity training course will be able to:

• Review and apply for the opportunities in PEI's Job's database.
• Connect with professionals teaching the class via Linked-In.
• Work with companies to raise capital in Private Equity Stock Evaluation (www.pese.us).
• Receive a diploma and use the PEA designation after completing their profile, feedback and testing.

We know and like the people who run the Investment Banking Institute and think they offer a good program. Our class has several important differences:

• We have a long history of helping students find employment through our job placement database.
• We have an internship program that helps students find work at investment banking and private equity firms.
• Our program is web based which costs less and eliminates commuting costs.

Most importantly, all of our graduates are given access to www.pese.com and allowed to work on private equity and investment banking deals.

Graduates are asked to complete their profiles (so we can help them get jobs), complete a feedback form (so we can improve our course), and take a test on each of the four sections of the class (so we can help employers evaluate you). After completing these three steps, we will mail you a Private Equity Institute diploma and encourage you to use the PEA designation.

Of course not, and we generally dissuade individuals who have these types of unreasonable expectations from taking the class.

It is hard to calculate because graduates who have found jobs tend not to remember to tell us! We do have many testimonials posted on our web site from students who have taken the course and found either jobs or internships.

Private equity and investment banking are very similar. The primary difference is that private companies don't register with the SEC while public companies file quarterly registration statements. This makes private equity more challenging, but most of the skills such as valuation and model building are the same.

Private Equity Stock Evaluation is a web site that private companies use to raise capital from private equity funds. There are over 20,000 accredited investors qualified to use this site. Graduates of PEI will be able to work with companies on this site to raise capital. However, you will not be able to search for investment unless you qualify under the SEC's regulation D as an accredited investor.

A refund will be provided if you have not logged into the PEI website or the anytime online class using the login credentials provided at the time of sign up, and have not accessed the course materials.

Just send us an email and we will respond with an email confirmation that you are confirmed for the class. While we try to be proactive in reaching out to students as they complete their Anytime Online Classes, please make the effort to email us to confirm a classroom date. We cannot guarantee you a spot in a class during the final week before the class.