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Understanding Venture Capitalists: How to Get Money for Your Start Up

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Length
6 weeks
Price
99 USD
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Self-paced Online
Length
6 weeks
Price
99 USD
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Delivery
Self-paced Online
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Course description

Understanding Venture Capitalists: How to Get Money for Your Start Up

Being an entrepreneur and creating a startup requires money. This money is essential to building a prototype, hiring a great team, and launching a new product or service. How do you raise money for your startup? Venture capitalists.

Introduction to Venture Capital will teach you how to get the money needed to run your startup. You will learn who venture capitalists are, how they think and gain an understanding of their motives, investment strategies, and what they’ll expect from you.

In addition to lectures you will get first hand inside knowledge from experienced entrepreneurs and venture capitalists on what it takes to successfully acquire money for your startup!

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  • Self-paced Online
  • Online
  • English

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Prerequisites

No mandatory prerequisites, but basic knowledge of Entrepreneurship and math is beneficial.

Course delivery details

This course is offered through RWTH Aachen University, a partner institute of EdX.

3-4 hours per week

Costs

  • Verified Track -$99
  • Audit Track - Free

Certification / Credits

What you'll learn

  • What a venture capitalist is and why they do what they do.
  • How to select and pitch to a venture capitalist.
  • Basic knowledge on valuation and negotiation techniques.
  • What a Term Sheet is, its clauses, and possible pitfalls.
  • What changes when a venture capitalist enters your company
  • How, when, and why a venture capitalist exits your company and how it affects your and your team

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