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Entrepreneurial Finance

Manangement 3406A
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University of Lethbridge
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
SA
Shamsul Alam
Professor of Finance
1
Timeline
  • January 18, 2022
    Experience start
  • February 1, 2022
    Project Scope Meeting
  • March 22, 2022
    Experience end
General
  • Undergraduate; 3rd year
  • 30 learners; teams of 5
  • 40 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
  • 5/5 project matches
  • Canada
  • Academic experience
  • Any
  • Any
Categories
General Financial modeling Financial services Investment Market research Product or service launch
Skills
financial analysis: pricing of new ventures research on market opportinities risk analysis business acumen
Project timeline
  • January 18, 2022
    Experience start
  • February 1, 2022
    Project Scope Meeting
  • March 22, 2022
    Experience end
Overview
Details

Before going public, many companies have relied on venture capital financing to grow. Small companies are increasingly choosing private market solutions as the IPO market has entry barriers due to increased government regulations, compliance costs, and listing requirements. Small cap investors vying to add new IPOs to their portfolio are also investing earlier in the cycle (pre-IPO). This competition has led the development of secondary markets that provide an alternative to the traditional IPO.

Through this course, University of Lethbridge business students will gain knowledge and skills to build and evaluate these early-stage companies. Students will demonstrate their ability to successfully perform financial transactions, marketing strategies and components of a business plan in a start up setting. They might help initiate and evaluate stages of new / existing opportunities that will accelerate any organizational growth and reactivity.

Learner skills
Financial analysis:, Pricing of new ventures, Research on market opportinities, Risk analysis, Business acumen
Deliverables

The group Business Plan will have two components: 1) a written business plan or (2) project write up; and 2) a class presentation.

Project Examples

Students in groups of 3-4 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.

Project activities might include but are not limited to:

  • Developing financial business plans, including market expansion, developing pricing models, and exit strategies
  • Assessing your potential for entrepreneurial activities within your organization in a financial lens
  • Examining and practising the entrepreneurial process: from generating new venture ideas, to exploring their feasibility, through the theory of creating an organization, funding the venture, and implementing it
  • Evaluating the feasibility of a small- or medium-sized venture from market, industry, and operations perspectives
  • Creating realistic pro-forma financial statements and use them to analyze the feasibility of a new business or the health of an existing business
  • Identifying and assessing financing options for a new venture
Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for a quick phone/virtual call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course. speaking to the team group if and when necessary.

Provide relevant information/data as needed for the project. open to discuss any suggestions/concerns.

Provide an opportunity for students to present their work and receive feedback. will they be available to join their presentation?

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone/virtual calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.