Entrepreneurial Finance: Small Business Financial Management Basics (Video) (Course Id 1850)

This class provides a financial overview of the entrepreneurial journey from startup to operational decisions to exit planning. You’ll hear from a business banker guest speaker who explains what lenders look at when deciding whether to make a loan to a small business.  

You’ll learn:

• Why and how entrepreneurs start companies.
• Business structure selection
• Sources of cash
• Financial struggles of small businesses
• Small business cash flow management
• The financial components of a business plan
• Strategic planning
• Key small business financial metrics
• Pricing and profitability analysis
• Risk management
• Exit planning

This course comes from recordings of an Entrepreneurial Finance class the author teaches to MBA students at a university. The author has been the CFO, SVP of Finance, or Director of Operations at multiple small and medium-sized companies.

Course Learning Objectives

• Identify the sources of cash for a small business
• Explore types of business structures
• Recognize key financial components of business plans and strategic planning
• Discover the lending criteria for business loans
• Explore how to assess the profitability of pricing changes