HTE412BKK
Financial Management for Startup Founders
Faculty
Andrey Kostyuk
Co-Founder, AAlchemy Ventures Limited
Course length
Duration
Total hours
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Fee for single course
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Skills you’ll learn
Overview
Entrepreneurial finance is a recently emerged field of finance that sits at the crossroads of entrepreneurship and finance. In getting to the definition of ‘entrepreneurial finance’, it is interesting to think about the meaning of its components. Entrepreneurship relates to the discovery of an opportunity and the steps that need to be taken to make it a reality, while finance relates to obtaining money, to investing money and to understanding the cost and the best use of money. That said, entrepreneurial finance is best described as the art and science of investing and financing entrepreneurial ventures.
It mainly (but not exclusively) involves private funding. This course learns actual opportunities that can be made into a business – a real one, that has the potential to become financially sustainable.
Learning highlights
- Students learn how to put together and how to read financial reports
- Where to look for funding at different stages of the enterprise
- How to secure the funding
- Which legal vehicle to use and how to cash out from business when the time comes
Course outline
15 classes
Session 1
Introduction into Entrepreneurial Finance
Session 2
Sources of Funding
Session 3
Capitalization Tables
Session 4
Forecasting
Session 5
Presentation of Project, week 1
Session 6
Valuation of New Ventures
Session 7
Term Sheet
Session 8
Negotiations with Investors
Session 9
Key Metrics and Monitoring
Session 10
Presentation of Project, week 2
Session 11
Guest Visit
Session 12
Intellectual Property
Session 13
Company Acquisition Process
Session 14
Harvesting: The Exit
Session 15
Presentation of Final Project
Course materials
Books
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of accounting principles is highly advisable
Methodology
The class is divided into stable groups (teams) of 4-5 people each. They will work together on assignments. The goal is to develop a solid understanding and mastering practical tools in securing funding, managing and evaluating financial performance of business and designing and executing exit strategies.
Each day (except for the first one) is structured as follows:
Takeaways from the homework structured as the teams presenting the results of what they did followed by class-wide, Lecture on about the day’s theme, Working on current assignment in teams, Class discussion, Homework assignment Each Friday or next Monday, there is a milestone delivery for the project.
Last Friday, the whole project is delivered. No assignments are due that day.
Grading
Andrey Kostyuk is best described as an entrepreneur, investor and mentor because of his background and experience in the business and financial world.
He began his professional journey in 1992 in finance. From 1998 until 2018, he served as Board Member and Chairman of an Advisory Board in several private merchant banks while managing a real estate investment fund since 2007.
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Financial Management for Startup Founders
by Andrey Kostyuk
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
May 30 - Jun 17, 2022
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
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