Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs

Training Date: Ongoing
Venue: online, Global
Training Provider: University of Maryland

Application is open for Startup Funding for Entrepreneurs. This course is for aspiring or active entrepreneurs who want to understand how to secure funding for their companies. This course will demystify key financing concepts to give entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs a guide to securing 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 do 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.