The EBITDA Playbook: How to Use the Most Powerful Metric in Corporate Finance Without Getting Burned by It
EBITDA is one of the most widely used and most misunderstood metrics in corporate finance. It shapes valuations, lender conversations, board discussions, and performance reviews. Yet most leaders rely on it without fully understanding what it captures and what it leaves out.
In this masterclass, Oana Labes, CPA, MBA, and one of the top finance educators in the US with over 410,000 followers, breaks down exactly how to use EBITDA with precision and confidence. You'll learn where it's useful, where it misleads, and how to avoid the mistakes that quietly erode decisions and value. Oana will also show how AI can accelerate EBITDA analysis while human judgment remains the irreplaceable final layer.
About the speakers
Oana Labes, mba, cpa
Founder & CEO, Financiario
Oana Labes is a CPA, MBA, and one of the top finance educators in the US with over 410,000 followers and thousands of executives taught across hundreds of companies. With a background in commercial lending and decades of pattern recognition across industries and company sizes, she has built a reputation for translating complex financial concepts into decisions that actually move businesses forward. Oana's work sits at the intersection of strategy, capital, and execution. She helps leaders close the gap between the numbers they report and the decisions those numbers should be driving, with a particular focus on the financial risks that remain invisible until it is too late to act on them. She teaches through her on demand and live programs and implements strategic financial intelligence in just 7 days through her Financiario platform.
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