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#BU-03-79 Starting a Business Ⅵ: Funding Your Business

  • Categories Business
  • Duration 16h
  • Total Enrolled 0
  • Last Update July 26, 2021

About Course

University of Leeds

Description

A successful business requires funding to get it started. There are many ways to get your business up and running, from the informal such as personal savings and borrowing, borrowing from friends and family, to the more formal avenues like bank loans, raising equity to crowd-funding. This course will help you consider the finance options available for businesses, and how to fund the expansion of a business.

This is the final course in a series of six about ‘starting a business’.

 

What topics will you cover?

  • The options available to raise capital for new ventures
  • Financial support in your locality
  • How to fund the expansion of a business
  • An introduction to crowdfunding
  • Pitch your business idea, product or service
  • The business plan: funding a business

 

Who will you learn with?

Emilee Simmons

I’m a Teaching Fellow for the Leeds Enterprise Centre at the University of Leeds. My focus is on Social Enterprise and “Intrapreneurship”. I also have a background in the Performing & Visual Arts.

 

 

Who developed the course?

University of Leeds

As one of the UK’s largest research-based universities, the University of Leeds is a member of the prestigious Russell Group and a centre of excellence for teaching.

What Will I Learn?

  • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the types of funds that can be raised to help get a business up and running.
  • Identify the factors which impact on the way a new venture is financed eg company type, the market or sector the company is trading within, the aspirations of the founders.
  • Discuss the entrepreneur’s business challenge: How can the expansion of the team’s company be funded?
  • Assess funding for a business plan.
  • Assess whether funding is required to get started.
  • Reflect on how you would approach financial sources.

Topics for this course

9 Lessons16h

Welcome?

You will explore the importance of funding opportunities when starting a business. Before you get started, take the time to meet your fellow learners and share your reasons for joining this course.
Welcome to the course ARTICLE

Funding your business?

This course considers the different options which may be available to you to help fund your business idea. You will be introduced to the different types of funds that can be raised to help start your business.

The team’s business challenge?

In this activity, Barney, Sam and James share their business challenge. This involves deciding which direction their business should take. You have the opportunity to join some expert advisers in helping the team move forward.

Summary?

To close this lesson we would like to introduce you to some of the options for studying at the University of Leeds and look forward to next week.
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Material Includes

  • Official Certificate

Target Audience

  • This course is part of the Going to University collection which has been specifically designed for students at schools and colleges. They provide a taster of undergraduate study at the University of Leeds and help students to decide which subject to study at university.
  • Completion of the courses will also enhance students’ university applications.
  • The courses can also be used as a teachers’ classroom enrichment resource.
  • Courses in this collection are also great for people that want an introduction in the specific subjects discussed in each course.