Your Business and Its Value

Price: $300.00
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Format: Babson On-Demand™
Self-Paced/Remote

Take your business to the next level and dive into the capital funding options available to you as a growth-seeking startup. In this self-directed course, you will take a detailed look at your funding opportunities, breaking them down by the numbers and laying out their unique impacts on your business. You will learn to think like an investor so you can evaluate your company and create a data-driven fundraising strategy.

 

Discover how investors examine businesses, understanding how they might value your company and perceive your risk, so you can anticipate how crucial factors might translate into a deal structure. Throughout, you will implement Entrepreneurial Thought & Action® (ET&A™), Babson’s proven methodology for developing the skills and mindset needed to not just launch a new business, but also make change in an established company, lead a team, and create real impact.

  • Learn to differentiate between Angel and Venture Capital investors, including the benefits and drawbacks of working with each
  • Plan your fundraising strategy while considering the numbers game that both you and equity investors need to navigate to close a funding deal
  • Evaluate the different forms of both equity and debt investments based on their similarities and differences
  • Become able to value a company in the same manner investors would
  • Aspiring entrepreneurs with a new venture entrepreneurship idea
  • Entrepreneurs who want to take their business to the next level
  • Recognition and Credentialing: A digital badge that serves as verifiable proof of learning and achievement, which can be displayed on platforms such as LinkedIn and included on your resume and portfolio
  • Course Content and Learning Outcomes: You gain industry-relevant knowledge, practical skills, and frameworks designed for professionals seeking career advancement or specialization
  • Flexibility: Our self-paced digital courses allow flexibility for busy executives and professionals
  • Expert Instruction: Experienced faculty, industry leaders, and professionals with real-world expertise teach our courses
  • Networking Opportunities: You gain access to a network of peers, alumni, and industry professionals.
  • Assessments and Engagement: To earn a credential for completing this course, you must complete assignments, quizzes, case studies, and/or interactive projects

Upon completion of this course you will earn a digital badge.

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Alisa Jno-Charles

Alisa Jno-Charles

Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship

Professor Alisa Jno-Charles has more than a decade of finance and entrepreneurship experience. Her research centers on parenting future entrepreneurs, family business, and entrepreneurial communication. Her professional career spans private equity investment, hedge fund trading, real estate financing, and business intelligence systems design and product management. Alisa's entrepreneurial experience ranges from building ventures in the peer-to-peer to business software spaces.