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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Entrepreneurship 4: Financing and Profitability by University of Pennsylvania

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    About the Course

    Start-ups can benefit from a wide variety of financing options on the path to profitability, but how do you know which one to choose? This
    course explores different financing models, including bootstrapping, organic growth, debt and risk capital, and also provides a clear overview of
    equity financing including the key types of investors: angels, venture capital, and crowdfunding. You’ll learn about terms, and term sheets, exit
    modes and what exit strategy might be best for you. By the end of this course, you’ll have an understanding of what success looks like and how
    it can be financed. You’ll also be ready for the capstone project, in which you will get feedback on your own pitch deck, and ...
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    Top reviews

    EC

    Aug 30, 2019

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    This course was by far my favorite of the group so far. It definitely will have a bunch of tips on creating a FORMAL pitch deck, and other tactical strategies when pitching to investors.

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    Mar 31, 2017

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    Love this course, especially in planning a new start-up. I can take these lessons and incorporate them into my planning process. That is precisely what I'm going to do.

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    Oct 25, 2019

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    Sep 22, 2017

    This class wrapped up and expanded on a lot of base concepts that were covered in the earlier classes. The first two weeks were a little redundant but the last two had a ton of information. This class teaches you how to put together a pitch deck and executive summary so that you can go to venture capitalists etc to get money. It explains what you and the investors expect when you take money, funding stages / rounds etc and also how to use / best use funding like crowd sourcing. Also it explains a lot of business models that you can identify your business with, utilize correctly or try instead with your problem / solution.

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    May 11, 2020

    This is a great course for introducing a lot of new terms and concepts regarding financing and the different means of financing. The title is a little misleading; 95% of the course is about financing and the balance is about profitability (business models, customer lifetime value, and entrepreneurial exits).

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    Mar 20, 2025

    Covers key concepts such as CLTV, burn rate, break even, pro forma income statements etc. And the different types of funding and exits available. Didn't drill down on financial methodologies like NPV or IRR, but I already familiar with them, so I didn't miss anything.

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    Jun 9, 2020

    In 12 days, I finished the four courses before the Capstone project, I just couldn't stop. The course content was just what I needed for the stage I am, in my entrepreneurial journey, and I got additional business ideas from what was shared.

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    Nov 6, 2016

    some lectures were very american-reality-oriented, the terms were very difficult to understand, although the information provided was very useful Thanks!

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    By Micael J

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    Aug 14, 2016

    Amazing as the other courses. But I think too superficial on building financial projections. Information hard to find.

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    By LUK H Y

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    Nov 20, 2018

    It is a good course for entrepreneurs to get know what's need to know before they plan for their start-up.

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    By Gautam B

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    Nov 16, 2018

    There can be more numerical examples, short case studies, to add more practical side to the course.

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    By Iván C S R

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    Nov 12, 2017

    Thanks for showing a reality of enterprises, to stay running you need capital and be profitable.

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    By VIKRAM S M

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    Sep 14, 2016

    Course was quite helpful, but it is good for only beginners. Thanks for Offering this course.

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    By Amir H D

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    Jul 25, 2018

    its well prepared and organized but needs to go more into details and examples.

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    By Dusan S

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    Apr 9, 2020

    Some questions in the tests don't have clear formulation.

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    By Antonio C R G N S

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    Oct 29, 2018

    Problems and small projects could be added to this course

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    By Amrit R

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    May 28, 2017

    Some concepts could be explained in a better way.

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    By RISAB A

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    Apr 4, 2020

    it was a pragmatic learning opportunity for me

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    By Chioma P

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    Jul 8, 2025

    Incredibly great! Good tutors too

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    By Jean-Christophe P

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    Oct 20, 2017

    Good lessons

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    By ARPIT R

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    Jan 10, 2023

    Thanks

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    Jul 23, 2016

    4.5

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