Value Creation and Corporate Finance for Tech Entrepreneurs

Value Creation and Corporate Finance for Tech Entrepreneurs, available at $44.99, has an average rating of 5, with 129 lectures, 7 quizzes, based on 6 reviews, and has 1011 subscribers.

You will learn about Have a fairly good idea about corporate finance with respect to startups. To be able to understand the financial priorities for long-term value creation. Allocate and (with some effort) raise capital effectively. Manage day to day finances of your startup a little more efficiently. Communicate effectively with finance professionals such as accountants and bankers. This course is ideal for individuals who are This course is designed for tech entrepreneurs running early-stage startups or planning to startup. It is particularly useful for This course is designed for tech entrepreneurs running early-stage startups or planning to startup.

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Title: Value Creation and Corporate Finance for Tech Entrepreneurs

Price: $44.99

Average Rating: 5

Number of Lectures: 129

Number of Quizzes: 7

Number of Published Lectures: 129

Number of Published Quizzes: 7

Number of Curriculum Items: 136

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 136

Original Price: $149.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Have a fairly good idea about corporate finance with respect to startups.
To be able to understand the financial priorities for long-term value creation.
Allocate and (with some effort) raise capital effectively.
Manage day to day finances of your startup a little more efficiently.
Communicate effectively with finance professionals such as accountants and bankers.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for tech entrepreneurs running early-stage startups or planning to startup.

Target Audiences

This course is designed for tech entrepreneurs running early-stage startups or planning to startup.

A few years ago when I started my startup, I just completed an MBA in Finance and all three levels of the CFA program.

I was abundantly confident about my understanding of business and finance. In retrospect, my view on startups was completely wrong.

A startup is not a smaller version of a large company – it is not a small business.

Startups, especially tech startups are very different animals and often entrepreneurs learn this truth through rude awakenings.

Before acting as a manager, a founder needs to be an entrepreneur and entrepreneurs create value. Before managing the business, you have to build the business.

Traditional financial education is too dependent on the Going Concern assumption – i.e. the business will continue to operate indefinitely, with no intention or necessity of liquidation or cessation of operations in the foreseeable future.

This assumption is simply NOT applicable in the case of startups.

So, tech entrepreneurs need to approach finance from a value creation point of view. This will allow them to incorporate the uncertainty associated with startups in financial decision-making.

So, the focus of this course is to introduce various financial tools specially designed for startups along with building a strong base in corporate finance.

This is a fairly long course – 5.5 hours long. So, please allocate enough time. Some parts of the course can be complex. So, please go slow and contact me if needed.

Now, the course is divided into the following parts along with an introductory chapter.

– Value Thinking – Introduces the concepts you need to understand value such as value creation, Lifetime Value, forms of value, and USPs. and Economic Goodwill.

– Financial Accounting Basics – builds a strong foundation in financial accounting with concepts such as cash and accrual accounting, financial statements, etc.

– Capital Investments and Fundraising – Covers two related topics i.e. Capital Investments and Fundraising. In the Capital Investments section, we will cover a framework for management capex, cost of capital, capital structure, and capital investment assessment – traditional and non-traditional, etc. In the fundraising section, we will cover various sources of funds, financing instruments, funding rounds, financing terms used in startup financing, capitalization (cap) table along with some sample cap table calculations.

– Valuation of Young Companies – Covers valuation approaches and various methods are used to value young companies.

– Cost Accounting – Covers basics of cost accounting and Break-even Analysis.

– Financial Ratios – Profitability ratios, Return ratios, Leverage ratios, Efficiency ratios, etc

Caution: This course covers a lot of calculations. If you are not comfortable with numbers, this course is probably not suitable for you.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Who is this course for?

Lecture 3: Course Outline

Chapter 2: Value Thinking

Lecture 1: Why Value Thinking?

Lecture 2: What makes a startup, a startup?

Lecture 3: What is Value?

Lecture 4: LTV

Lecture 5: Userbase as a form of Value (Value Forms -> Userbase)

Lecture 6: Intellectual Properties as a form of Value (Value Forms -> IP)

Lecture 7: Brand as a form of Value (Value Forms -> Brand)

Lecture 8: Regulatory Approvals as a form of Value (Value Forms -> Regulatory Approvals)

Lecture 9: People as a form of Value (Value Forms -> People)

Lecture 10: Competitive Advantages as a form of Value (Value Forms -> Competitive Advantage)

Lecture 11: Unique Selling Points (USP)

Lecture 12: USP Examples

Lecture 13: CAC, Switching Cost, and LTV

Lecture 14: Value Creation and Value Exploitation

Lecture 15: Economic Goodwill

Chapter 3: Financial Accounting Basics

Lecture 1: Cash and Accrual Accounting

Lecture 2: Cash and Accrual Accounting: Revenue Recognition

Lecture 3: Cash and Accrual Accounting: Expense Recognition

Lecture 4: Financial Statements: Cash Flow Statement

Lecture 5: Financial Statements: Balance Sheet

Lecture 6: Financial Statements: Balance Sheet: Assets.

Lecture 7: Financial Statements: Balance Sheet: Assets: Depreciation – Accounting Treatment

Lecture 8: Financial Statements: Balance Sheet: Assets: Depreciation – Economics.

Lecture 9: Financial Statements: Balance Sheet: Liabilities.

Lecture 10: Financial Statements: Balance Sheet: Stockholders' Equity.

Lecture 11: Financial Statements: Profit and Loss (P&L) Statement

Lecture 12: Financial Statements: Profit and Loss (P&L) Statements: Line Items.

Lecture 13: Financial Statements: Profit and Loss (P&L) Statements: Gross Margin, Operating

Lecture 14: Financial Statements: Profit and Loss (P&L) Statements: Cash and Non-cash Expens

Lecture 15: Financial Statements: Profit and Loss (P&L) Statements: Income Tax.

Chapter 4: Capital Investments and Fundraising

Lecture 1: Capital Investments: Introduction

Lecture 2: Capital Investments: High-Level Considerations: Market Positioning and Cannibiza

Lecture 3: Capital Investments: High-Level Considerations: Non-monetary Resources.

Lecture 4: Capital Investments: High-Level Considerations: How much do I need?

Lecture 5: Capital Investments: High-Level Considerations: Dealing with project failures.

Lecture 6: Capital Investments: High-Level Considerations: Project Return and Cost of Finan

Lecture 7: Capital Investments: Stage-Wise Value Assessment and Return Opportunities Framew

Lecture 8: Capital Investments: Cost of Capital.

Lecture 9: Capital Investments: Cost of Capital: Ratained Earnings

Lecture 10: Capital Investments: Cost of Capital: Debt

Lecture 11: Capital Investments: Cost of Capital: Equity

Lecture 12: Capital Investments: Cost of Capital: Preference Share Capital

Lecture 13: Capital Investments: Cost of Capital: Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC).

Lecture 14: Capital Investments: Cost of Capital: Marginal Weighted Average Cost of Capital.

Lecture 15: Capital Investments: Capital Structure – Financial Leverage 1.

Lecture 16: Capital Investments: Capital Structure – Financial Leverage 2.

Lecture 17: Capital Investments: Optimal Capital Structure

Lecture 18: Capital Investments: Traditional Methods for Investment Assessment

Lecture 19: Capital Investments: Traditional Methods…: Non-Discounting Methods

Lecture 20: Capital Investments: Traditional Methods… Discounting Methods

Lecture 21: Capital Investments.: Trad. M…..: Dicounting M….: Time Value of Money

Lecture 22: Capital Investments.: Trad. M…..: Dicounting M….: Sunk Cost

Lecture 23: Traditional Methods ..: Discounting Methods: Net Present Value (NPV)

Lecture 24: Traditional Methods ..: Discounting Methods: Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

Lecture 25: Traditional Methods ..: Discounting M…: Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR

Lecture 26: Traditional Methods…: Discounting M…: Profitability Index (PI)

Lecture 27: Traditional Me..: Discounting Me..: Discounted Payback Period.

Lecture 28: Capital Investments: Non-traditional Methods for Investment Assessment

Lecture 29: Capital Investments: Non-traditional M…: Relief from Royalty Method.

Lecture 30: Capital Investments: Non-traditional Me…: Replacement Cost Approach.

Lecture 31: Capital Investments: Non-traditional Me…: Real Options Method.

Lecture 32: Capital Investments: Non-traditional Me…: Market Comparables.

Lecture 33: Capital Investments: Conclusion

Lecture 34: Fundraising: When to raise external funds?

Lecture 35: Fundraising: Different Sources of Funding.

Lecture 36: Fundraising: Funding Rounds and Stages.

Lecture 37: Fundraising: Funding Instruments.

Lecture 38: Fundraising: Financing Terms: Intro

Lecture 39: Fundraising: Financing Terms: Economic Terms: Price

Lecture 40: Fundraising: Financing Terms: Economic Terms: Liquidation Preference

Lecture 41: Fundraising: Financing Terms: Economic Terms: Pay to Play

Lecture 42: Financing Terms: Economic Terms: Vesting

Lecture 43: Financing Terms: Economic Terms: Exercise Period

Lecture 44: Financing Terms: Economic Terms: Option Pool

Lecture 45: Financing Terms: Economic Terms: Anti-Dilution

Lecture 46: Financing Terms: Control Terms: Board of Directors

Lecture 47: Financing Terms: Control Terms: Protective Provisions

Lecture 48: Financing Terms: Control Terms: Drag Along Agreement

Lecture 49: Financing Terms: Control Terms: Divident

Lecture 50: Financing Terms: Control Terms: Ending

Lecture 51: Fundraising: Capitalization Table.

Chapter 5: Valuation of Young Companies

Lecture 1: Introduction.

Lecture 2: Different valuation approaches.

Lecture 3: The Venture Capital (VC) Method

Lecture 4: The Berkus Method

Lecture 5: Comparable Transactions Method

Lecture 6: Customer and User Lifetime Value (LTV) Approach

Lecture 7: Liquidation Value Approach

Instructors

Sam Ghosh
Emerging Technology Consultant

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