Entrepreneurial Finance for Six weeks

Training Date: From 4 October, 2022
Venue: Online, Global
Training Provider: LSE Extend

The Entrepreneurial Finance online certificate course is specifically designed to help you navigate the realities of funding your start-up enterprise. Over six weeks, you’ll gain a practical overview of the skills needed to secure venture capital. The course walks you through a business’s evolution from start-up all the way to exit strategy. Guided by expert faculty, you’ll enhance your ability to evaluate business opportunities using a framework that encapsulates people, opportunities, and context. As you progress through the course, you’ll discover how to develop a pitch deck for your real business idea and present it to a venture capital investor for feedback.

This course focuses on both the investment and entrepreneurial paradigms within the venture capital sector. As a result, it’s aimed at a broad spectrum of professionals who wish to better navigate the funding and business evaluation aspects of entrepreneurship. If you’re a current or aspiring entrepreneur who would like to effectively pitch business ideas and learn how to access funding, this course will provide you with the tools and strategies to do so. As an executive or business owner, you can use the insights gained from this course to guide other entrepreneurs or invest in start-ups. This course will also appeal to those interested in pursuing a career in venture capital, as well as investors who are looking to upskill themselves.

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Eligibility

Entrepreneurs who have worked in finance, health, or technology
Non-executives who are implementing new business ideas
Those interested in a career in venture capital, who want to hit the ground running with insight into venture finance and its intersection with entrepreneurship
Anyone who requires the tools and strategies to sell their business ideas and access venture capital

Benefits

Entrepreneurial Finance impact are:

The insight to assess business opportunities using a framework that encapsulates people, opportunities, and context
Understanding of how to match a business’s financing needs with the most appropriate investor type
A solid grounding in company ownership and valuation methods
The ability to present business ideas using a pitch deck and prepare for a real-life pitch scenario
The competency to use a venture capital valuation tool to value a business throughout its life cycle, and investigate scaling and exit strategies

Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive an LSE certificate of competence.