LEAN FINANCE FOR STARTUPS [INTRO]
What you'll learn
- learn how to build a financial model, value a company, and raise the right type of capital
- understand how to find revenue and expense assumptions
- understand how to determine the best source of capital for your company
- understand how to find and pitch investors
- learn how to read and construct financial statements
Requirements
- basic understanding of excel or a willingness to learn
Description
Building a company? Learn how SMART entrepreneurs raise the RIGHT type of capital FAST.
Lili Balfour has advised over 100 companies, who have gone on to raise over $200 million from investors around the world. She is the author of Master the Finance Game, a Wall Street Journal Guest Mentor, a contributor at Fox Business News, a blogger for The Huffington Post, a guest contributor for HuffPost Live, and a guest lecturer at UC Berkeley.
ABOUT THE COURSE
Lean Finance for Startups - Introduction is an easy-to-follow tutorial on finance for entrepreneurs. All students will learn how to read and understand financial statements as well as develop a revenue model.
STUDENT REVIEWS
"This course is surely a must have for those who want to have a reasonable and reliable financial plan, even if it's just the introduction. I'm going to take the full course." Maksim
"She has a pleasant voice and great organization of the material. The information was put together thoughtfully, there were just places where a little more explanation of terms might have been helpful. Overall I learned some new information and am grateful for the experience." Jai
COMMUNITY
Lili Balfour spent over 20 years in investment management and investment banking in Silicon Valley and NYC before founding Atelier Advisors in 2007. Her goal is to provide investment banking services to early-stage companies, which are typically ignored by investment banks. Over the past seven years, she has advised over 100 startups on their funding strategy. She has coached established brands (Bag, Borrow, or Steal, Visual IQ, Alpha Theory, Derivix, Erin Fetherston, and Peeled Snacks) and pre-revenue startups looking for seed capital via crowd funding.
Check out our Weekly Wednesday Webcast on YouTube.
Who this course is for:
- aspiring entrepreneurs and active entrepreneurs
Instructor
- 4.1 Instructor Rating
- 494 Reviews
- 16,465 Students
- 6 Courses
Finance for Entrepreneurs (www.financeforentrepreneurs.co) was created by Lili Balfour, founder of Atelier Advisors and author of Master the Finance Game.
To date, she has served over 10,000 entrepreneurs, from Silicon Valley to Dubai, via online courses and in-person workshops, from SF Hacker News to American Express CEO BootCamp. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fox Business News, and Forbes.
Lili spent over 15 years in investment banking (technology and healthcare) and investment management before creating Atelier Advisors, a firm that provides strategic and financial advisory services to early-stage companies. To date, she has helped over 100 early-stage companies raise over $200 million.