This course is focused on ideation as the first step in the entrepreneurial process. Subsequent steps include validating a concept empirically and executing against that concept. The focus for this course is on generating business models, novel product ideas, and novel services that meet a verifiable market need. The subject of ideation is approached from the perspective of a Christ-follower who is seeking to live out the gospel through the practice of initiating and growing commercial ventures.
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This course introduces students to financial forecasting, revenue and expense models, cash flow management, along with the advantages/disadvantages of bootstrapping, debt financing, and equity-based financing from the perspective of the entrepreneur. Issues including private equity finance from seed stage through growth equity to recapitalization are covered along with deal structure, incentive design, risk-based valuation, and financial management in private, rapidly growing enterprises.