How to finance your venture ?
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How to finance your venture ? at Coursera Overview
Duration | 11 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Intermediate |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
How to finance your venture ? at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a shareable certificate upon completion.
- Flexible deadlines according to your schedule.
How to finance your venture ? at Coursera Course details
- The course aims at providing knowledge and experience to entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs generally start with a mission, a new idea that they want to bring to the world. If the idea is original, it is probably not expected by the market, which has to be educated. This is a very costly experience. Entrepreneurs need to gather capital at the start of the journey. They need to articulate clear plans, define objectives and resources and raise money accordingly. They also need to manage cash for two reasons: i) because the better it is managed, the less you need to raise with outsiders; ii) because generation of cash flow is the pillar of the valuation of the company. And we should add that the practical reason why a company gets bankrupted is because it runs out of cash..
- The course is based on this belief. We look at the myth of the balance sheet and explain the dynamics of cash flows and the way they should be managed. We also investigate the basics of venture capital and provide a practical roadmap to entrepreneurs.
- Many courses are dedicated to the same topic. Our originality is that we operate in the advisory board of the private equity firm, Xerys and are board members of their venture companies. In addition, Michel was the country head for Merrill Lynch in France while Philippe served in the same function at UBS. The former as head of investment banking, the latter as head of global markets.
How to finance your venture ? at Coursera Curriculum
HOW TO READ A BALANCE SHEET
Why create a company?
Figuring the balance sheet
Cash conversion cycle
Working capital requirement
Non-current assets
Why create a company?
Figuring the Balance Sheet
Cash Conversion Cycle
Working Capital Requirement
Non-Current Assets
VALUE CREATION AND CASH FLOW
How does your venture create wealth?
The main financial metrics of wealth creation
How does your venture create cash?
Burn rate
Why equity?
Why not debt?
What is a business plan?
What is wealth?
The main financial metrics of wealth creation
How does your venture create cash?
Burn rate
Why Equity?
Why not Debt?
GROWTH AND MARKET POWER
1.Growth, market power and financing
Quiz Growth, market power and financing
THE ENTREPRENEUR AND THE FINANCIERS
4.The entrepreneur and the financier: A long term relationship
5.The IPO: The beginning of a new story
Quiz The entrepreneur and the financier
Quiz The IPO
VENTURE CAPITAL FINANCING
2.The entrepreneur dilemma: Growth vs Ownership
3.Investment stages
Quiz Growth vs Ownership
Quiz Investment stages
Case Study
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