Course

Unit 1

An Overview of Finance for Entrepreneurs: Role of finance in entrepreneurship – financial challenges faced by start-ups.

Unit 2

Long-term sources of Funding: Equity capital, Preference share capital, Debentures and Bonds, Term loans.

Unit 3

Short-term sources of funding: Trade finance, working capital loan, Commercial paper, Factoring etc.

Unit 4

Raising entrepreneurial finance through Angel investors, Venture capital, Crowd funding, Private equity and Government Schemes for financing the startups.

Unit 5

Financial statement analysis: Projected profit and loss account, Projected cash flow Statement, Projected balance sheet, Ratio analysis and Capital budgeting techniques.

Course Objective:

This course aims to equip aspiring entrepreneurs with a comprehensive understanding of financial management, focusing on the unique financial challenges faced by startups, exploring both long- term and short-term funding sources.

Course Outcomes:

Students will be able to:

CO1: Identify and analyse the financial challenges encountered by startups.

CO2: Describe the characteristics of equity capital, preference share capital, debentures, bonds, and term loans.

CO3: Outline the various short-term funding options available to entrepreneurs.

CO4: Differentiate between angel investors, venture capital, crowdfunding, private equity, and government schemes for startup financing.

CO5: Apply ratio analysis techniques to interpret financial statements and utilise capitalbudgeting techniques to evaluate investment opportunities.

Textbook:

1) Vasant Desai – The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Development and Management – Himalaya Publishing House

References:

• Gary Gibbons, Robert Hisrich, Carlos M. DaSilva- Entrepreneurial Finance: A Global Perspective – Sage Publishing
• Steven Rogers, Roza Makonnen – Entrepreneurial Finance – McGraw Hill
• Chris Leach, Ronald W. Melicher- Entrepreneurial Finance – Cengage Learning