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Entrepreneurial Financing: Sources and Strategies

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MGT-201: Introduction to entrepreneurship

This course provides an introduction to the field of entrepreneurship, in particular the process of new venture creation and the commercialization of technologies. It integrates theories of entrepreneurship with a practical, process-based project, where st ...

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This lecture covers the complexities of predicting a start-up's capital needs, emphasizing the importance of considering founding costs, ongoing expenses, and long-term investments. It explores the different types of businesses and their corresponding financial requirements, delving into the stages and sources of financing, including venture capital and crowdfunding. The instructor discusses the critical role of venture capital in high-growth ventures, detailing the evaluation process and the typical outcomes of VC investments. Moreover, the lecture highlights the significance of choosing the right investment based on financial, management, and product-market criteria, providing insights into the world of crowdfunding and its various funding schemes.

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Marc Gruber

Administrative & Editorial Positions 2017- Vice President for Innovation at EPFL 2013- Deputy & Associate Editor: Academy of Management Journal (AMJ 2009-2016 Director of the MTE Master Program at EPFL 2000-2005 Manager of the LMU Entrepreneurship Center Academic Positions 10/2005 - present Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Assistant Professor (2005-2008), Associate Professor (2008-2010), Full Professor (since 2011) 9/2004 -12/2004 Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Visiting Scholar 9/2000 - 9/2005 University of Munich (LMU), Munich School of Management Habilitand Vice-Director of the Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (Director: Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D.) Manager of the ODEON Center for Entrepreneurship 1/1999 -12/1999 Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Visiting Scholar 10/1995-12/1998 University of St. Gallen, HSG Research Assistant, Ph.D. candidate Degrees and Nominations 4/2005 University of Munich (LMU), Munich School of Management Venia Legendi for Management (Habilitation) 10/2000 University of St. Gallen, HSG Ph.D. in Management 10/1995 University of St. Gallen, HSG Master in Business Administration (lic. oec. HSG)

Enrico Bergamini

Teaching & PhD Courses Introduction to entrepreneurship MGT-201 This course provides an introduction to the field of entrepreneurship, in particular the process of new venture creation and the commercialization of technologies. It integrates theories of entrepreneurship with a practical, process-basedproject, where students develop a business concept in teams. Sustainable entrepreneurship MGT-203 This class is designed for Bachelor students who want to understand the interrel

Davide Bavato

Teaching & PhD Courses PhD to CEO - Launching Technology Ventures ENG-652 The course focuses on launching technology ventures and academic spin-offs, covering foundational concepts of venture strategy and technology commercialization. Students gain real-life experience through hands-on startup projects based on own or other students' inventions and discoveries. Technology Ventures I MGT-434 Technology Ventures provides a science-based foundation and hands-on experience in la

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Venture capital financing

Venture capital financing is a type of funding by venture capital. It is private equity capital that can be provided at various stages or funding rounds. Common funding rounds include early-stage seed funding in high-potential, growth companies (startup companies) and growth funding (also referred to as series A). Funding is provided in the interest of generating a return on investment or ROI through an eventual exit through a share sale to an investment body, another trading company or to the general public via an Initial public offering (IPO).

Venture capital

Venture capital (commonly abbreviated as VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth potential or which have demonstrated high growth (in terms of number of employees, annual revenue, scale of operations, etc). Venture capital firms or funds invest in these early-stage companies in exchange for equity, or an ownership stake.

Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people, typically via the internet. Crowdfunding is a form of crowdsourcing and alternative finance. In 2015, over was raised worldwide by crowdfunding. Although similar concepts can also be executed through mail-order subscriptions, benefit events, and other methods, the term crowdfunding refers to internet-mediated registries.

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values than simply economic ones. An entrepreneur is an individual who creates and/or invests in one or more businesses, bearing most of the risks and enjoying most of the rewards. The process of setting up a business is known as "entrepreneurship".

Startup company

A startup or start-up is a company or project undertaken by an entrepreneur to seek, develop, and validate a scalable business model. While entrepreneurship includes all new businesses, including self-employment and businesses that do not intend to go public, startups are new businesses that intend to grow large beyond the solo founder. At the beginning, startups face high uncertainty and have high rates of failure, but a minority of them do go on to become successful and influential.

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