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Entrepreneurship: Law and Finance 

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Entrepreneurship: Law and Finance
 at 
Northwestern University 
Overview

Develop the skills to navigate the legal and financial complexities of starting a new business

Duration

8 weeks

Total fee

1.45 Lakh

Mode of learning

Online

Course Level

UG Certificate

Entrepreneurship: Law and Finance
 at 
Northwestern University 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate of completion from Northwestern University
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Entrepreneurship: Law and Finance
 at 
Northwestern University 
Course details

Skills you will learn
Who should do this course?
  • For executive or senior manager
What are the course deliverables?
  • The skills and knowledge to embrace entrepreneurship and launch a new venture
  • An understanding of new business financing, including how to secure funding or future venture capital
  • The confidence to navigate the legal obligations of a new business, such as choosing the right business entity
More about this course
  • This course designed to follow the natural life cycle of a new business, this course offers vital skills through a detailed, ongoing case study
  • Engage with the legal aspects of entrepreneurship, learning to understand and select types of business entities, and navigate founders-agreements, contract drafts, and trademark law
  • Also learn to build a team based around clear business roles, and manage employment relationships
  • Gain insights into financing your venture's growth, including how to secure funding or future venture capital, in order to secure the long-term success of your business

Entrepreneurship: Law and Finance
 at 
Northwestern University 
Curriculum

Orientation module

Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1

Leaving an employer to start a new venture

Module 2

Entity selection

Module 3

Founders' agreements

Module 4

Trademark law and branding

Module 5

Employment relationships, worker classification, and team building

Module 6

Contract drafting and review for start-ups

Module 7

Seed and early stage financing

Module 8

Venture capital financing and exits

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Entrepreneurship: Law and Finance
 at 
Northwestern University 
Faculty details

Steve Reed
Clinical Professor of Law, Assistant Director of the Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center
Esther Barron
Clinical Professor of Law, and Director of the Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center, Northwestern Pritzker Law
Darren Green
Professor of Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital and Practice, Northwestern Pritzker Law

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Contact Information

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Evanston ( Illinois)

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