Finance Your Business: Short Course
(Room 1C03)
27 Jun 15
1:00 PM
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5:00 PM
You can’t have a successful business without capital! This four-hour seminar is an invaluable opportunity to revamp and improve your financial strategy. Industry veteran Bob Burke will provide an overview of what it takes to raise funds for your business. Burke will demystify capital-raising terms and offer insight to improve your odds for successfully obtaining financing.
Whether you think you know a lot about funding or you are a specialty food newbie, you will leave this session with a better understanding of your company’s financing needs and options, and will have sample business plans, financials and presentations.
This session will cover:
Aligning the source of capital with a company’s needs
Game plan over the investment time horizon
Finding early-stage capital
Valuation
Angel, Venture Capital and Private Equity Financing
Crowd-funding and alternative funding: viable options?
Anatomy of a term sheet
Working with institutional investors
Role of an investment banker
Developing a sample business plan, presentation, financials and other materials
Creating value