• Assess financially an entrepreneurial opportunity
• Estimate the value of a nascent firm/newly established firm
• Understand the difference between the funder’s perspectives and those of the company being financed
• Account for how various sources of financial resources differ (venture capital, business angle capital, private equity, early stage and traditional financing sources)
• Estimate the optimal timing in terms of obtaining funding and when to go public

Course Description:
The act of entrepreneurship often involves a number of challenges characterized
by risk and uncertainty and which needs considerations pertaining to finance.
These financial challenges especially represent a hurdle for the entrepreneur in
high-tech settings. Securing funding and establishing the financial resources to
undertake an entrepreneurial venture is more often than not one of the main
activities to undertake when establishing a new firm. Startup investors are also
in need of assessing and understand the financial aspects of potential investment
opportunities vis-à-vis nascent entrepreneurs or newly established firms.
Furthermore, there are substantial managerial challenges pertaining to finance
that need to be considered in entrepreneurial settings. This course provides
insight in these aspects of the entrepreneurial process.

Course Contents:
This course offers tools and insights that help entrepreneurs or their investors
navigate through these challenges. Specially, the course will aim to provide
answers to questions like; how much money is needed for establishing the
business; what type of investor is the optimal for the business; when should this
money be raised; what is the value of the newly founded firm; and how should
entrepreneurs think about exiting.