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



Financial Management for Product Leaders
This course is part of Product Ideation, Design, and Management Specialization


Instructors: Dr. James V. Green
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What you'll learn
- Learn the fundamentals and how to create financial statements for new ventures within the corporate environment 
- Examine valuation techniques for understanding how to assess and grow the value of the corporate venture 
- Explore the different sources of internal and external financing for the corporate venture 
- Applying lessons learned in the course to structure a funding deal and pitch the corporate venture 
Skills you'll gain
- Business Valuation
- Accounting and Finance Software
- Financial Accounting
- Financial Statements
- Financial Modeling
- Presentations
- Capital Budgeting
- Financial Management
- Entrepreneurial Finance
- Product Management
- Corporate Finance
- Project Finance
- Cash Flows
- Cost Benefit Analysis
- Finance
- Return On Investment
- Business Metrics
- Proposal Writing
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There are 4 modules in this course
In this module, we will introduce the fundamentals of financial management and examine how to create financial statements.
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11 videos8 readings2 assignments
In this module, we will examine valuation techniques for understanding how to assess and grow the value of the corporate venture.
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8 videos4 readings2 assignments
In this module, we will explore the different sources of internal and external financing for the corporate venture.
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8 videos3 readings1 assignment
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 videos9 readings1 assignment
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Reviewed on Dec 5, 2021
Its a biginner course and has enough what a product manager or a team lead needs
Reviewed on Dec 1, 2022
Great Course, especially the Course 5 on Financials was amazing
Reviewed on May 9, 2023
Quizzes are a bit hard, videos are not that interesting but straightforward and full of information !
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