ENTR 410 - Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

Prerequisite, ENTR 310 with a minimum grade of C-. The goal of the course is to understand how entrepreneurs can raise funds and how venture capital partnerships choose, value, structure, fund, and manage their investments. The course will challenge the student to think about the entrepreneur’s journey from the perspective of an investor while educating the student on how the venture capital world operates. A combination of lectures, case studies, and guest speakers with real world experience will be used to maximize the students’ learnings. A solid understanding of accounting and finance is needed for this course as there will be a focus on basic valuation skills and concepts covering the analysis of businesses. The course will require modeling of businesses and investments using excel. Letter grade. (Offered every year.) 3 credits