Managing Resources in Startups

Catalog description

This course is designed to help students understand the process and analytic techniques tied to the management of financial and legal resources of the emerging organization. The goals are: (1) to help students understand how to craft and analyze financial statements in support of the startup process and the ongoing management of the firm and (2) recognize the key legal issues involved in the creation and operation of organizations, and the alternatives for handling such issues. The course will focus on the accounting process in emerging organizations, with particular attention to the creation and analysis of financial statements, the models and options for financing emerging organizations, and legal issues including licensing, intellectual property, litigation and contracting in the creation of the firm.