Financing and Profiting from Innovation for Corporate Entrepreneurs

Financing and Profiting from Innovation for Corporate Entrepreneurs

This course is part of Corporate Entrepreneurship: Innovating within Corporations Specialization

Instructor: Michael R. Pratt

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

47 reviews

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This course is for aspiring or active corporate entrepreneurs who wants to understand how to secure and manage funding for their corporate venture. We will demystify key accounting and financing concepts to give corporate entrepreneurs a guide to developing the business case for their ideas, and securing funding to translate ideas into reality.

This course focuses on four key areas: • Learning the fundamentals and how to create financial statements for new ventures within the corporate environment; • Examining valuation techniques for understanding how to assess and grow the value of the corporate venture; • Exploring the different sources of internal and external financing for the corporate venture; and • Applying lessons learned in the course to structure a funding deal and pitch the corporate venture. Try this course for FREE at https://www.coursera.org/learn/corporate-entrepreneurs-financing

In this module, we will learn the fundamentals and how to create financial statements for new ventures within the corporate environment.

What's included

12 videos8 readings2 assignments

12 videosTotal 59 minutes

Preview of the Course2 minutes
Welcome to Module 11 minute
Finance for the corporate entrepreneur4 minutes
The entrepreneurial spectrum7 minutes
Corporate entrepreneur vs. startup entrepreneur6 minutes
The "too typical" return on investment (ROI) process7 minutes
A better approach to return on investment (ROI)4 minutes
Intangible assets and return on investment (ROI)5 minutes
The roles of products and leadership in return on investment (ROI)4 minutes
Financial statement basics4 minutes
Financial statement details7 minutes
Financial metrics7 minutes

8 readingsTotal 47 minutes

Welcome to Financing and Profiting from Innovation for Corporate Entrepreneurs3 minutes
Meet Michael R. Pratt3 minutes
Connect with your Classmates3 minutes
Our Recommended Textbook for the Course3 minutes
Income Statement Template (Optional)10 minutes
Cash Flow Statement Template (Optional)10 minutes
Balance Sheet Template (Optional)10 minutes
Accelerate Your Career with the #1 Online Master’s Degree for Startup Entrepreneurs and Corporate Innovators5 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Quiz 130 minutes
Financial Metrics Exercise - Customer Acquisition Cost and Long Term Value Exercise30 minutes

In this module, we will examine valuation techniques for understanding how to assess and grow the value of the corporate venture.

What's included

8 videos4 readings2 assignments

8 videosTotal 47 minutes

Welcome to Module 21 minute
Valuation techniques4 minutes
Net present value9 minutes
Opportunity cost of capital5 minutes
Why NPV is best5 minutes
Project payback period4 minutes
Internal rate of return9 minutes
Weighted average cost of capital10 minutes

4 readingsTotal 40 minutes

This is why public and private tech valuations are completely different (Optional)10 minutes
Analyze the ROI of your innovation idea, step by step (Optional)10 minutes
A better way to understand internal rate of return (Optional)10 minutes
Take a look at some of Uber's finances in China as it eyes an IPO (Optional)10 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Quiz 230 minutes
Corporate Venture Valuation Techniques Exercise30 minutes

In this module, we will explore the different sources of internal and external financing for the corporate venture.

What's included

8 videos3 readings1 assignment

8 videosTotal 35 minutes

Welcome to Module 31 minute
Sources of funding2 minutes
Internal funding3 minutes
Customer and vendor financing3 minutes
Franchising4 minutes
Joint ventures9 minutes
Co-branding7 minutes
Licensing agreements6 minutes

3 readingsTotal 30 minutes

How to put your money where your strategy is (Optional)10 minutes
How nimble resource allocation can double your company’s value (Optional)10 minutes
Negotiating a better joint venture (Optional)10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Quiz 330 minutes

In this module, we will apply lessons learned in the course to structure a funding deal and pitch the corporate venture.

What's included

7 videos7 readings2 assignments

7 videosTotal 38 minutes

Welcome to Module 41 minute
Business proposals and the pitch4 minutes
How to write an effective business proposal4 minutes
What do your funding sources want to see4 minutes
How to create a pitch deck6 minutes
Do's and don'ts of the pitch13 minutes
Final thoughts5 minutes

7 readingsTotal 65 minutes

Unearthing the sources of value hiding in your corporate portfolio (Optional)10 minutes
Strategic principles for competing in the digital age (Optional)10 minutes
Corporate venture capital (Optional)10 minutes
Investing in breakthrough corporate venture capital (Optional)10 minutes
Concrete steps for CFOs to improve strategic risk management (Optional)10 minutes
In search of ingenuity (Optional)10 minutes
Accelerate Your Career with the #1 Online Master’s Degree for Startup Entrepreneurs and Corporate Innovators5 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Quiz 430 minutes
The Pitch30 minutes

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Reviewed on Mar 23, 2025

Covers essential financial concepts such as method of financing and valuation. Would have liked detailed case studies with accompanying exercises.

Reviewed on May 10, 2017

Really interesting information and useful. well presented.

Reviewed on Aug 15, 2021

great course for getting knowledge about basic finance

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