Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance

This course introduces students to the major concepts, models, theories, and research in the field of entrepreneurial finance. The course theme is how the entrepreneur can create value in setting up a new venture through financial, strategic, and operating decisions. The course develops the theoretical and practical tools essential to an entrepreneur and venture capital financier and is appropriate for students who intend to pursue a career in venture capital or entrepreneurship (e.g., whether in the finance area of a venture capital firm, or servicing entrepreneurs in a financial institution such as an investment bank, or as an analyst or portfolio manager, or in launching a new enterprise). The course might also serve students who want to develop analytical tools to evaluate strategic and investment decisions undertaken in small firms.