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6 hours

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Entrepreneurship 4: Financing and Profitability
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  • This Course Plus the Full Specialization.
  • Shareable Certificates.
  • Graded Programming Assignments.
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  • Start-ups can benefit from a wide variety of financing options on the path to profitability, but how do you know which one to choose? This course explores different financing models, including bootstrapping, organic growth, debt and risk capital, and also provides a clear overview of equity financing including the key types of investors: angels, venture capital, and crowdfunding. You'll learn about terms, and term sheets, exit modes and what exit strategy might be best for you. By the end of this course, you'll have an understanding of what success looks like and how it can be financed. You'll also be ready for the capstone project, in which you will get feedback on your own pitch deck, and may even be selected to pitch to investors from venture capital firms.

Entrepreneurship 4: Financing and Profitability
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Curriculum

Business Models and Keeping Customers

Introduction to Financing and Profitability

Business Models

Lifetime Value of Customer

Greylock Partners: Joseph Ansanelli

Lecture Slide PDFs

Building a Business Model and a Customer Base Quiz

Financing, Valuation, and Terms

Financing Pathways

Financing: Rounds and Raises

Equity Financing: Valuation

Equity Financing Terms and Term Sheets

Lecture Slide PDFs

Financing Methods and Valuation Quiz

Private and Public Financing, and Calculating Breakeven

Venture Capital and the Financing of Innovation

Financing: Crowdfunding

Debt Financing

Burn Rate

Breakeven Analysis

Lecture Slide PDFs

Choosing Financing, and Calculating Breakeven Quiz

Elements of the Pitch and Exit Strategies

Executive Summary and Pitch Deck

Pro Forma Financial Statements

Entrepreneurial Exits

Course Wrap-Up

Lecture Slide PDFs

Strategies for the Pitch and the Exit Quiz

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    May 25, 2024
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