ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE

Catalog description

This course provides an understanding of entrepreneurial finance, which consists of funding companies from start-up to early stage and growth phases. Topics include: contemporary term sheets related to seed stage, angel funding and venture capital rounds, crowdfunding platforms, specialized sector sources, peer-to-peer platforms, supplier funding by monetizing contracts, bootstrapping, strategic partners, and accelerators/incubators. Also covered are strategic considerations for launching and preparing ventures for funding rounds, potential IPOs, and exit through mergers and acquisitions or sale.