Introduction to Initial Coin Offering (ICO) aka Crowdsale

Name: Introduction to Initial Coin Offering (ICO) aka Crowdsale
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Understand basics of Initial Coin Offering, How can a startup raise funds on Blockchain through Bitcoin & Ethereum ICO?

Created byToshendra Sharma

Last updated 2/2017

English

What you'll learn

Explain ICO to anyone easily
Decide if they need ICO or not in their startups
Understand the fundamentals of ICO very well

Course content

3 sections • 8 lectures • 42m total length

Introduction & Overview of the Course3:23
In this lecture I am going to go through the entire course & explain what we are going to learn lecture by lecture.
What is Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contract?10:59
In this lecture, we will quickly go through the Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart contracts. This will be the basic introduction for people who are not at all aware of these terms.

What is Initial Coin Offering?6:31
In this lecture, we will introduce the Initial Coin Offering also known as ICO & also compare the ICO with the IPO. This lecture will help you understand the basics of ICO.
History & Evolution of ICO4:49
In this lecture we will talk about the history & evolution of ICO. Here we will see how the whole ICO concept was first introduced & how the evolution made it to become what is is today.
How it works?8:43
In this lecture we will talk about the full step by step process & some key things about the ICOs. We will explain everything from announcing the ICO till the launching the project & selling the coins in the exchanges.
Advantages, Disadvantages of ICOs3:33
In this lecture we will understand the advantages & disadvantages of ICO from broader prospective.
Example of Successful, Unsuccessful ICOs3:22
In this lecture we will talk about some of the past ICOs which were successful & also talk about one very unsuccessful ICO.

Requirements

Basics of Blockchain
Basics of Internet
Basics of Cryptocurrencies

Description

You might have heard how the Blockchain is disrupting the multiple industries. People are bootstrapping their business without Venture Capitalist money. Do you know Blockchain can be also used to raise any amount of fund for the projects without diluting the ownership of the company? Blockchain can be used to launch crypto IPO also known as Initial Coin Offering. How they do it? what is ICO? Well this course is here to help you.

This course is for anyone who is interested in understanding the Initial Coin Offering, what is it, how it works, Advantages & disadvantages of ICO etc.

If you have no knowledge of Blockchain or little knowledge of Blockchain you can still take this course.

In this course I will help you understand you what is Initial Coin Offering aka Crowd sale in Blockchain.

There have been multiple ICO in 2016 and one of them have raise around 150 Million USD through ICO.

This course is for you if you are interested in understanding whether you need a ICO or not. Do you need to raise fund through ICO and if yes, then how can you do it.

Who this course is for:

Anyone interested in raising fund for their Blockchain Startups
Anyone interested in learning how crowdsale works in Blockchain
Anyone looking to build Blockchain Startups, Projects or Services
Anyone looking to teach ICO

Introduction to Initial Coin Offering (ICO) aka Crowdsale

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Course content

Introduction & Overview2 lectures • 14min

The ICO5 lectures • 27min

What's Next?1 lecture • 2min

Requirements

Description

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