University of Maryland - New Venture Finance: Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs
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New Venture Finance: Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs at Coursera Overview
Duration | 20 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
New Venture Finance: Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs at Coursera Highlights
- This Course Plus the Full Specialization.
- Shareable Certificates.
- Graded Programming Assignments.
New Venture Finance: Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs at Coursera Course details
- This course is for aspiring or active entrepreneurs who wants to understand how to secure funding for their company. This course will demystify key financing concepts to give entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs a guide to secure funding.
- Examine the many financing options available to get your new venture funded. Learn the basics of finance, valuations, dilution and non-dilutive funding sources. Understand capital structure for new ventures, term sheets and how to negotiate them, and the differences between early-stage versus later-stage financing. Develop an understanding of how to develop winning investor pitches, who and when to pitch, how to avoid common mistakes that limit the effectiveness of the pitch, and how to 'get to the close'. Key questions answered within the course include:
- * When to raise outside capital?
- * What kind of investors invest by stage and where to find them?
- * What are your fundraising options?
- * What are the key components of the term sheet?
- * How to perform company valuations?
- * How to pitch to investors?
- * What techniques help the entrepreneur 'get to the close'?
- With this course, students experience a sampling of the ideas and techniques explored in the University of Maryland's master's degree in technology entrepreneurship, an innovative 100% online program. Learn more at http://mte.umd.edu/landing.
New Venture Finance: Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs at Coursera Curriculum
The Early Stage Investment Landscape
Preview of the Course
Welcome to New Venture Finance
Special Interview with Andrew Sherman, Attorney and Author
The investment landscape
Do you speak the language of raising start-up capital?
Why should you start with the business plan?
What do venture capitalists look for in a "good plan"?
What financial statements do investors want to see?
How do you develop a balance sheet?
What should an income statement present?
What is the purpose of the cash flow statement?
What corporate structure should I use?
Special Interview with Michael Labriola, Attorney
How do investors view your early stage venture?
Meet Michael Pratt
Course overview
Our suggested book for the course
Connect with your classmates
Explore the Online Master of Professional Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship
E&Y Global Venture Capital Insights
The Shifting Investor Landscape
New Venture Landscape
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Forbes - 10 Terms You Must Know Before Raising Startup Capital
Tech Republic - Startup and Venture Capital Terms You Should Know
Washington, DC Archangels - Financing Terms
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Forbes - How To Build A Billion Dollar Business Plan: 10 Top Points
U.S. Small Business Administration - How to Write a Business Plan
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Global Entrepreneurship Institute - What Financials Do We Need For Investors?
Tomasz Tunguz - The 10 Most Important Metrics In A Startup?s Financial Statements
Lecture Slides
Lecture Slides
Forbes - Mastering the Balance Sheet Can Make or Break A Startup
TD Bank - How to Develop a Balance Sheet
Lecture Slides
TD Bank - Sample Balance Sheet
Purchase Area Development District - Balance Sheet Template in PDF
Money-Zine - Building an Income Statement
Forbes - Top 5 Reasons EBITDA is a Great Big Lie
Lecture Slides
Accounting Coach - Introduction to Cash Flow Statement
Lecture Slides
Entrepreneur - How to Choose the Best Legal Structure for Your Startup
Launchhouse - Deciding the Best Business Structure for Your Startup
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Seedcamp - How Does an Early-stage Investor View Early-stage Companies
Quora - What Metrics Do VCs Look for in Early-stage Companies?
Both Sides of the Table - The Four Main Things Investors Look for in a Startup
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
NEWCO Project Worksheet
Early Stage Investment Landscape
NEWCO Project
Sources of Capital for the Early Stage Company
Sources of capital
Where to find investors?
Why consider friends and family as investors?
What?s bootstrapping?
Are incubators and accelerators a fit?
Special Interview with Rick Gordon of Mach37
What are angel investors?
Are you ready to raise capital?
Entrepreneur - Four Common Venture Capital Myths
Madison Park Group - Guide to Venture Capital
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Sources of Capital
Project - Sources of Capital
Getting Funded ? Steps in the Funding Process
Steps in the funding process
Special Interview with Jonathan Aberman, Venture Capitalist
What is due diligence?
What is your company worth?
How to negotiate a term sheet?
How to establish common stock?
When to use convertible notes?
What is preferred stock?
When to use alternative sources of capital?
Lecture Slides
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Startup Valuation Calculator
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
K9 Ventures - Thoughts on Convertible Notes
Series Seed - Why Series Seed is better than capped convertible notes
Sample - Form of convertible promissory note
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
CB Insights - Top 15 Corporate VCs
CB Insights - Evaluating the effectiveness of corporate venture capital investment in tech
Optional Reading: Sherman
Lecture Slides
Principles of Funding Strategies
Create a Funding Strategy for a New Venture Concept
Pitching Investors and Closing the Round
What do investors want to see?
Guest Lecture with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker - What are Investors Looking for in a Business Plan?
How to create the pitch deck?
How to tell your story?
What are the do?s and don?ts of the pitch?
How to close the round?
Entrepreneur - What Investors Really Want
Lecture Slides
Forbes - The ultimate pitch deck to raise money for startups
BestPitchDecks.com - The best startup pitch decks
Lecture Slides
Inc. Magazine - How to tell your company?s story
Lecture Slides
KC Source Link - Pitches gone wild: What not to do when you pitch your startup to investors
Inc. Magazine - Simple pitch tips that will attract investors to your startup
Lecture Slides
Entrepreneur - Closing a startup financing deal
Lecture Slides
Series A Startup - CEO Salary
Startup Equity for Employees
Series Seed (full set of deal documents)
Learn More
Fundamentals of "The Pitch"
Create "The Pitch" for a New Venture Concept
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