Introduction to entrepreneurship/IENT103/About
Course Name: Financing a Business Start-up (IENT103)
This course prepares you for creating a financial report including the financial aspects of a business startup,interpreting financial statements, and exploring the effects of cash flow.
Course Metrics
- Notional learning hours: 40 hours
- Assessment: 3 Hours
- Formal Credit Option: XXXXX
- Course: One of three micro courses for 'Introduction to Entrepreneurship'
- Level: Level 5 / 1st year Bachelor Degree
What will I learn?
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Review principles of economics and how they relate to small businesses
- Explain why start-ups require finance (new)
- Identify financing options for new venture start-ups in their own country and describe the differences between them (amended)
- Read and interpret financial statements of a business
- Examine the effects and significance of cash flow for a business startup
- Prepare documentation required for a business loan
What's involved?
There are four learning pathways, each containing numerous resources and activities.
The learning pathways are:
- Principles of economics for small businesses
- Financing a new start-up
- Understanding financial statements
- Applying for a business loan
What prerequisites should I have, if any?
Anyone is free to participate in this course. An internet connection and basic web-browsing skills are recommended, with the ability to create a blog and microblog account (instructions and self-study tutorials provided.) You are requested to keep a personal learning journal, as reflection has been shown to markedly increase learning.
Learners whose primary language is not English must demonstrate proficiency in written and spoken English as indicated by a Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 550 on the written version; 213 on the computer version; or 79 on the Internet based version.
