This course builds on previous concepts and outlines strategies and tactics for forming, financing, and launching a new venture. Topics to be addressed will include building the new venture’s initial management team, identifying and reaching out to early customers, developing financial plans, raising startup and initial growth financing, and preparing for and managing rapid growth.
Entrepreneurship II: Preparing for Launch
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Entrepreneurship II: Preparing for Launch
This course is part of Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Specialization
Instructor: Thomas E. Parkinson
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What you'll learn
Design a go-to-market strategy to approach initial customers.
Develop financial projections for the new venture.
Develop a plan for raising equity capital for the new venture.
Operate and monitor the new venture’s health and scalability.
Skills you'll gain
- New Business Development
- Equities
- Business Strategy
- Go To Market Strategy
- Business Metrics
- Growth Strategies
- Entrepreneurship
- Team Management
- Entrepreneurial Finance
- Financial Forecasting
- Business Modeling
- Customer Acquisition Management
- Business Valuation
- Private Equity
- Fundraising and Crowdsourcing
- Presentations
- Financial Planning
- Financial Modeling
- Business Planning
- Performance Measurement
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Taught in English
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This course is part of the Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Specialization
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This course is part of the following degree program(s) offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹
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Reviewed on Jul 2, 2020
This was interesting course. Helps out with understanding start-up businesses and the ways to go about it.
KW
Reviewed on Sep 29, 2019
This is a really fantastic class. There is some cross-over from other business classes but the way the topics are presented allows future entrepreneurs to do a run through with their product or idea.
SR
Reviewed on Jan 30, 2022
Loved the course. Learned a lot from this course. Had interactions with the entrepreneur which helped me to lift up my ideas of starting a new start up.
