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Absolute Entrepreneurship Part 2: Funding Your Business

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About Absolute Entrepreneurship Part 2: Funding Your Business

Introduction

About Me

How Much Money Do You Need?

Determining Your Seed Money

One Time Costs

Ongoing Costs

Burn Rate

Fixed And Variable Expenses

Example Budget

What Is Equity Financing?

Friends And Family Round

Seeking Out Angel Investors

Venture Capital

Finding Investors

Warning!

What Is Debt Financing?

Lenders

The SBA

21 QuestionsAndDocuments

22 Terms

23 FactoringInDebt

24 WhatisAGrant

25 ConsiderYourNiche

26 FederalGrantOps

27 StateAndLocalOps

Private Grants

Understanding The Source

Recycle

Bootstrapping 101

Consider A Co-Founder

Generate Cash Quickly

Be A Budget Ninja

Keep Your Day Job

Never Outsource

Learn To Build A Website

Partner, Partner, Partner

39 WhatIsCrowdfunding

Pre-sell Your Thing

41 RunningAnActiveCampaign

What Next?

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What You Will Learn?

  • This class isn't for hedge fund managers, capital investors, or bankers. This is a class designed for the average person who is ready to start a business..
  • Are you ready to get started? Do you have a business idea, and want to start with the basics? In this course, we will focus on the first steps of any business venture: Startup. We will use the real-world experiences of the award-winning instructor and university professor Dr. Jason Allen. But don't be worried - Dr. Allen is best known around campus for keeping things simple, accessible, and useful..
  • Dr. Allen is the founder of a number of successful businesses and is a top-rated Skillshare instructor. In 2017 Star Tribune Business featured him as a "Mover and a Shaker," and he is recognized by the Grammy Foundation for his music education classes. .
  • While a lot of business courses focus on getting rich quick, this is a course for those interested in starting and building a long-term business with a firm foundation. You won't find "get rich quick" schemes here - everything we will learn in this class is practical, useable steps to start a business that you will be able to hand down to your grandchildren. .
  • This is the second part of a multiple-course series. .
  • In this course, we will focus the entire course on the funding process. First, we will look at how much money a new company really needs (which is different than how much money you really want). Then we will look at the 4 big options for funding a new business: Equity Funding, Debt Funding, Bootstrapping, and Crowdfunding. Each one of those has some advantages and disadvantages. Here is a hint: If you don't have any money, and don't want to take on debt, Bootstrapping is the way to go. You can start a business with no money if you follow a few simple rules of bootstrapping..
  • By the end of this course, if you follow along you will have your business set up and ready to start bringing in revenue..
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  • Praise for Courses by Jason Allen:.
  • ⇢  "It seems like every little detail is being covered in an extremely simple fashion. The learning process becomes relaxed and allows complex concepts to get absorbed easily. My only regret is not taking this course earlier." - M. Shah.
  • ⇢  "Great for everyone without any knowledge so far. I bought all three parts... It's the best investment in leveling up my skills so far.." - Z. Palce.
  • ⇢  "Excellent explanations! No more or less than what is needed." - A. Tóth.
  • ⇢  "VERY COOL. I've waited for years to see a good video course, now I don't have to wait anymore. Thank You!" - Jeffrey Koury.
  • ⇢  "I am learning LOTS! And I really like having the worksheets!" - A. Deichsel.
  • ⇢  "The basics explained very clearly - loads of really useful tips!" - J. Pook.
  • ⇢  "Jason is really quick and great with questions, always a great resource for an online class!" M. Smith.