Entrepreneurship 104: Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship Finance
The course provides an overview of the Fundamentals of Entrepreneurial Finance covering financial literacy, financial modeling, funding sources, raising capital and valuation analysis.
Course Information
Certificate Track
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About this Course
This comprehensive course offers a deep dive into the Fundamentals of Entrepreneurial Finance, equipping participants with a robust understanding of critical financial concepts. Spanning from essential financial literacy to advanced financial modeling, and from diverse funding sources to the intricacies of raising capital, the curriculum provides a holistic view of financial strategies tailored specifically for entrepreneurs. Moreover, participants will gain invaluable insights into the art and science of valuation analysis, enabling them to make informed decisions about resource allocation, investment opportunities, and business growth. By the end of this course, students will emerge with a refined skill set in entrepreneurial finance, poised to navigate the complex financial landscape of startups and ventures with confidence and acumen.
What you'll learn
- Critical Financial Literacy
- Financial Modeling Expertise
- Diverse Funding Sources
- Strategic Capital Raising
- Valuation Analysis Expertise
Prerequisites
None
Meet your instructors
Antoinette Schoar
Stewart C. Myers-Horn Family Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management
Professor Schoar holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree from Germany. Her research interests span from entrepreneurial finance to fintech, consumer finance and financial intermediation. She has received several awards including the Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship and the Brattle Prize for best paper in the Journal of Finance. She is the co-chair of the NBER Corporate Finance group. She has served as an associate editor of The Journal of Finance, The American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, and the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
She also is the cofounder of the non-profit organization ideas42 that uses insights from behavioral economics and psychology to solve social problems.
