University of Maryland - Financing and Profiting from Innovation for Corporate Entrepreneurs
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Financing and Profiting from Innovation for Corporate Entrepreneurs at Coursera Overview
Duration | 10 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Financing and Profiting from Innovation for Corporate Entrepreneurs at Coursera Highlights
- This Course Plus the Full Specialization.
- Shareable Certificates.
- Graded Programming Assignments.
Financing and Profiting from Innovation for Corporate Entrepreneurs at Coursera Course details
- This course is for aspiring or active corporate entrepreneurs who wants to understand how to secure and manage funding for their corporate venture. We will demystify key accounting and financing concepts to give corporate entrepreneurs a guide to developing the business case for their ideas, and securing funding to translate ideas into reality.
- This course focuses on four key areas:
- ? Learning the fundamentals and how to create financial statements for new ventures within the corporate environment;
- ? Examining valuation techniques for understanding how to assess and grow the value of the corporate venture;
- ? Exploring the different sources of internal and external financing for the corporate venture; and
- ? Applying lessons learned in the course to structure a funding deal and pitch the corporate venture.
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Financing and Profiting from Innovation for Corporate Entrepreneurs at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction to Financing Corporate Ventures
Preview of the Course
Welcome to Module 1
Finance for the corporate entrepreneur
The entrepreneurial spectrum
Corporate entrepreneur vs. startup entrepreneur
The "too typical" return on investment (ROI) process
A better approach to return on investment (ROI)
Intangible assets and return on investment (ROI)
The roles of products and leadership in return on investment (ROI)
Financial statement basics
Financial statement details
Financial metrics
Welcome to Financing and Profiting from Innovation for Corporate Entrepreneurs
Meet Michael R. Pratt
Connect with your Classmates
Our Recommended Textbook for the Course
Income Statement Template (Optional)
Cash Flow Statement Template (Optional)
Balance Sheet Template (Optional)
Explore the Online Master of Professional Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship
Quiz 1
Financial Metrics Exercise - Customer Acquisition Cost and Long Term Value Exercise
Corporate Venture Valuation Techniques
Welcome to Module 2
Valuation techniques
Net present value
Opportunity cost of capital
Why NPV is best
Project payback period
Internal rate of return
Weighted average cost of capital
This is why public and private tech valuations are completely different (Optional)
Analyze the ROI of your innovation idea, step by step (Optional)
A better way to understand internal rate of return (Optional)
Take a look at some of Uber's finances in China as it eyes an IPO (Optional)
Quiz 2
Corporate Venture Valuation Techniques Exercise
Sources of Financing for Corporate Ventures
Welcome to Module 3
Sources of funding
Internal funding
Customer and vendor financing
Franchising
Joint ventures
Co-branding
Licensing agreements
How to put your money where your strategy is (Optional)
How nimble resource allocation can double your company?s value (Optional)
Negotiating a better joint venture (Optional)
Quiz 3
Creating the Investment Proposal for the Corporate Venture
Welcome to Module 4
Business proposals and the pitch
How to write an effective business proposal
What do your funding sources want to see
How to create a pitch deck
Do's and don'ts of the pitch
Final thoughts
Unearthing the sources of value hiding in your corporate portfolio (Optional)
Strategic principles for competing in the digital age (Optional)
Corporate venture capital (Optional)
Investing in breakthrough corporate venture capital (Optional)
Concrete steps for CFOs to improve strategic risk management (Optional)
In search of ingenuity (Optional)
Earn a Degree Online in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Quiz 4
The Pitch
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