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Goldman Sachs

Fundamentals of Funding, with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

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This free online course is one of 10 courses available in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women collection, designed for entrepreneurs ready to take their business to the next level. In this course, you will learn how to finance business opportunities that lead to growth, by exploring different types of funding. You will learn how acquisition financing and funding applications for grants or loans can support and expand your business opportunity. You will evaluate your business’s financial profile and plan actions to improve it. The exercises will guide you through discovering potential types of funding for your business and help you to identify the information you may need for future funding requirements. By the end of the course, you will understand the importance of having a financial strategy and approaching funding strategically – applying the skills you have developed to make a good funding application to facilitate your business growth. If you are unsure of your future cash flow needs, you may wish to complete one of the other Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women courses, ‘Fundamentals of Financial Planning’, to predict financial challenges, so that you can make strategic choices for your business. The 10,000 Women course collection offers a truly flexible online learning experience. You have the freedom to approach the program in any way that works for you – take any course, or combination of courses, to tailor your learning journey to your individual business growth needs. If you choose to take all 10 courses, you will explore all the key elements of your business and develop a thorough plan for your business’s growth. You can find out more about the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women collection in the FAQs.

Syllabus

  • Fundamentals of Funding, with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women
    • This course explores the potential use of strategic finance to support and expand your opportunity. The exercises are designed to guide you through different opportunities to use external funding to transform your business, and help you consider the information needed for funding applications. The aim of the course is for you to be able to understand and consider the different strategic options you can use to grow your business. You will also explore how to approach the funding necessary to facilitate your business growth.

Taught by

Edward David, Geetha Krishnan, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women, Anne Donnellon, Mori Taheripour, Michael Fetters and Sarah Underwood

Reviews

4.9 rating, based on 14 Class Central reviews

4.7 rating at Coursera based on 257 ratings

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  • Anonymous
    THIS MODULE HAS REALLY OPENED MY EYES IN THAT YOU CAN GETTING FUNDING IF YOU HAVE YOUR RECORDS UP TO DATE AND THEY ARE MANY WAYS TO GET FUNDING
  • Anonymous
    This class was a great eye opener!
    Gave me a strong insight into various opportunities available for scaling my business
    I believe I'm better positioned now to seek funding and take my business to the next level
  • Anonymous
    This module helps with strong understanding of the different types of external fundings available for businesses. It highlights the major requirements of the lenders and the different forms of communication with the lender depending on the type of funding of choice.

  • Anonymous
    This was an eye opener for me . I learnt a whole lot.
    I am now more knowledgeable about funding something totally new to me
  • Anonymous
    Fundamentals of Funding is a great course. I took the course with little or no expectation but I must say my expectation is met. This is a great course. Valuable, relatable, easy to understand and easier to implement!
  • Anonymous
    Doing the exercise and assuming the funder position has opened me up to be in a better position on how to appeal to the funder in future that I would look for
  • Anonymous
    Les bases du financement est un cours formidable bec sa présentation très argumentée des ratios. De plus on y apprend comment se présenter à un bailleur de fonds et comment défendre son projet.
  • Anonymous
    This ranks as the best course I have done for my business. It is an ideal package for any entrepreneur. It is more than fundamentals of funding for your business. I have learned the prerequisites of growing my business, fundamentals of business finance among others. My absolute favourite was module 5; Fundamentals of Financial planning. I have understood my financial records better and now I am able to assess the growth of my business and actually have a real conversation with my accountant.
    You need this course.
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    Adesuwa Pamela Jibunoh
    I totally enjoyed this course and I learnt a lot of funding terms in detail and I'm totally confident in differentiating the funding types now . And structures to put in place to access funding. Thank you!
  • Anonymous
    Very informative and comprehensive course. Good resources.

    Connection with learners varies relative to registiration and social climate
    (if great, the experience is "interactive," if not, one can feel alone without enough human connection with both students and instructors)
  • Anonymous
    I am very happy for the Goldman Sachs program.
    I have learnt so much!
    I will be able to run my business professionally.

    Thanks to Goldman Sachs 10000 women
  • Anonymous
    This course has really improved my knowledge and understanding of the management of my business. Am now more informed about the mindset of funders, like what they are looking out for in an application seeking funding from them. It sets a standard and a template for a good business model for course participants to mirror and to make the necessary adjustment in their books of accounts and the handling of their business operations.
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    Anorah Sibanda
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    we normally shy away from funding when its necessary.i recommend this course to all business women
  • Anonymous
    I enjoyed the course and I learned a lot about various types of funding.
    The class was short and to the point, yet very informative. Thanks

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