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Course Overview

Investment banking is one of the most insular industries in the world. Find a niche in the lucrative world of investment banking with our Investment Banking for Startups course.

If you are a startup business, finding investment and financing opportunities is the first gigantic hurdle you must cross to grow your business. Use our Investment Banking: Venture Capital Fundraising for Startups course to navigate the world of investment banking.

Join today and jumpstart your business with investment!

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“Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.”

— Robert McKee

Curriculum

Section 01: Welcome to the Course!
Welcome to this Course on Capital Raising for Entrepreneurs 00:05:00
Section 02: Let’s Get Started Right Away
What types of investors are out there? 00:12:00
What is the difference between Venture Capital and Private Equity? 00:14:00
What stage is your business at? 00:14:00
How Much Money Should You Raise? 00:04:00
What is the Difference between a Pre Money and Post Money Valuation 00:01:00
Section 03: An introduction to Startups
Startup Essentials – Markets 00:05:00
Startup Essentials – Profits 00:06:00
Startup Essentials – Business Plan 00:05:00
Startup Essentials – Capital 00:05:00
Startup Essentials – Value 00:06:00
Startup Essentials – Investors 00:05:00
Section Text Summary PDF for Download 00:16:00
Section 04: Do You Really Understand Venture Capitalists?
Do You Really Understand Venture Capitalists? 00:14:00
Do You Match Their Criteria? 00:18:00
Four Key Questions to Ask? 00:03:00
Understanding the Investment Process 00:18:00
Section 05: How to Understand If You Are Talking to the Right Investor
Introduction: Understanding Your VCs; A Case Study 00:02:00
What Type Of Investor Are You Talking To? 00:12:00
A Detailed Breakdown of Different Types of Private Equity Funds 00:05:00
What is their Ideal Investment Size? 00:06:00
What Stage Do They Invest At? 00:03:00
Stage of Business Financing from a VC Perspective 00:05:00
How Can You Define Venture Capitalists’ Sector Interest? 00:03:00
What Part Does Geography Play? 00:06:00
What is meant by Style and Structure? 00:05:00
What is meant by Key Investment Criteria? 00:03:00
Section Summary: Do You Understand VCs? 00:14:00
Section 06: Looking at Things from the VC Point of View
What Factors are important to VCs? 00:10:00
Considering Valuation from the VC Perspective 00:06:00
How do Investors value a Startup? 00:12:00
How do Investors Value a Series an Investment? 00:07:00
How do VCs look at your Market? 00:07:00
What do VCs think about your Product or Service? 00:09:00
How Do VCs Evaluate You and your Management Team? 00:10:00
Why is Exit Strategy important to VCs? 00:07:00
Why are Barriers to Entry important? 00:07:00
How do VCs consider your Competition? 00:04:00
What Financial Information is important to VCs? 00:03:00
What is the typical VC Decision Making Process? 00:09:00
Seed Stage VC’s Decision Tree 00:05:00
Project: Evaluate Your Own Startup 00:02:00
Section 07: What Questions Should You Ask Venture Capital?
36 Questions to Ask a VC Overview 00:02:00
36 Questions to Ask a VC Part 1 – Fund Profile 00:03:00
36 Questions to Ask a VC Part 2 – Investment Style 00:02:00
36 Questions to Ask a VC Part 3 – Deal Flow 00:03:00
36 Questions to Ask a VC Part 4 – Process 00:03:00
36 Questions to Ask a VC Part 5 – Structure 00:03:00
36 Questions to Ask a VC Part 6 – Value Added 00:03:00
Key Questions That You Can Expect a VC to Ask You 00:06:00
Section 08: How to Email Venture Capital and Angel Investors
How to Write an Introductory Email to an Investor 00:11:00
The Power of Forwardable Emails 00:02:00
How NOT to email investors 00:04:00
How to Find an Investors Email Address (if you don’t have it) 00:09:00
Section 09: What You Need to Know to Present Your Business to Investors
How to Deliver a 60 Second Pitch 00:08:00
The Sixteen Magic Words Investors Want to Hear from You 00:21:00
How to Write a One Pager for a VC 00:18:00
Top Tips on Preparing to Pitch Investors 00:12:00
How to prepare a Pitch Deck for an Investor 00:19:00
How to Prepare a Business Plan and Executive Summary 00:02:00
How to Prepare a Financing Strategy 00:02:00
Key Elements of the Financial Plan 00:11:00
Section 10: Startup Fundraising and Pitching
Startup Fundraising – Getting Started 00:09:00
19 Reasons VCs May Say No 00:09:00
Communicating Your Vision 00:03:00
The Business Plan; Overview and Communication 00:07:00
Business Plan Core Contents 00:08:00
The Financial Plan 00:16:00
The Pitching Process and Investor Returns 00:08:00
Post Mortems 00:07:00
What are Investors looking for? 00:07:00
Section 11: How to Deliver Winning Presentation to Investors
What do Investors Want? 00:13:00
Outline Presentation Checklist 00:19:00
What is TAM, SAM and SOM and why are they important? 00:15:00
AIDA – Why Pitching VCs Is Like Buying a Car! 00:11:00
Selling Your Pitch 00:13:00
Pitching to Win! 00:13:00
How to Run the Meeting 00:14:00
Outline Management Presentation 00:15:00
Defending Your Plan 00:00:00
ACTIVITY: Create Your Own Presentation 00:01:00
Section 12: Managing the Fundraising Process
How do Venture Capitalists Source Deals? 00:06:00
How to find Angel Investors 00:08:00
How to Find Venture Capital Investors 00:02:00
BONUS: How to Find a Venture Capital Investor for Your Tech Company 00:09:00
What Happens Next? The Investment Process 00:08:00
How to Manage the Investment Process 00:08:00
Section 13: Venture Capital Term Sheets
What is a Term Sheet Part 1 00:08:00
What is a Term Sheet Part 2 00:11:00
Key Concepts in Term Sheets 00:10:00
What is a Term Sheet Trying to Achieve? 00:10:00
26 Key Components in VC Term Sheets 1 -5 00:08:00
26 Key Components in VC Term Sheets 6 – 10 00:08:00
26 Key Components in VC Term Sheets 11 – 15 00:08:00
26 Key Components in VC Term Sheets 16 – 20 00:30:00
26 Key Components in VC Term Sheets 21 – 26 00:09:00
Negotiating Term Sheets: Entrepreneurs Perspective 00:09:00
Negotiating Term Sheets: VC Perspective 00:11:00
Negotiating Term Sheets: Mutual Issues of Concern 00:02:00
US Style VC Term Sheet Example 00:12:00
Section 14: Equity Crowdfunding for Entrepreneurs
What is Crowdfunding? 00:03:00
The Advantages of Equity Crowdfunding for the Investor 00:14:00
The Disadvantages of Crowdfunding for the Investor 00:12:00
Section 15: How to Evaluate a Crowdfunding Opportunity?
Introduction to How to Evaluate a Crowdfunding Opportunity 00:01:00
The Key Data You Need To Know For Any Opportunity 00:03:00
Let’s take a look now at Management Skills 00:03:00
Management Experience is important as well… 00:02:00
You must take a look at the Management’s Commitment! 00:03:00
Product Market 00:03:00
So, how unique is this product? 00:03:00
What is the Competition like? 00:03:00
Does the Product have (all important) traction? 00:03:00
How profitable is the product and therefore the investment? 00:03:00
Let’s take a look at the most critical factor, Cash Flow! 00:03:00
Finally, let’s see what this all means for your Investment Returns 00:03:00
Discover how you can turn this information into a Methodology! 00:02:00
Let’s Summarise this Section with the 10 Most Important Factors 00:02:00
Section 16: Introduction with Andrew Monk, CEO iolight about his Crowdfunding Experience
Introduction 00:05:00
Why did you go for Equity Crowdfunding? 00:04:00
What did you do early on to ensure success? 00:03:00
How did you go about lining up your 25% 00:02:00
Did you set about trying to collect email addresses? 00:06:00
Let’s have the Investor Conversation 00:06:00
Are there any mistakes looking back you may have made? 00:08:00
So what is it like by the end of week three? 00:07:00
How does Crowdcube get the money to you? 00:09:00
Are there any other tools you used that you can recommend? 00:04:00
Bonus: Discussion about Campaign Videos 00:04:00
Bonus: Detailed Notes on this Section to Download – PDF Attached 00:16:00
Section 17: Summary and Wrap Up
Course Summary and Wrap Up 00:03:00
Section 18: Additional File
Additional File 00:00:00


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