Entrepreneurial Finance: Small Business Financial Management Basics

Course Overview:

This class provides a financial overview of the entrepreneurial journey from startup to operational decisions to exit planning.
 

You’ll learn:

• Why and how entrepreneurs start companies
• Business structure selection
• Sources of cash
• Financial struggles of small businesses
• Small business cash flow management
• The financial components of a business plan
• Strategic planning
• Key small business financial metrics
• Pricing and profitability analysis
• Risk management
• Exit planning

• Recognize characteristics of funding sources
• Recall types of business structures
• Identify key financial metrics
• Recall how to assess the profitability of pricing changes