Most Corporate Finance textbooks are 1,000 pages in length or more. And indeed, it is a multifaceted discipline that requires detailed coverage of many ideas and principles. However, the basics can be outlined in a much more condensed manner and there aren’t many books out there that cater to the needs of those readers who are interested in understanding the core concepts only and do not require the elaborate technical underpinning found in standard textbooks. In this text we focus only on those concepts that help readers understand how businesses create value for their investors.