How To Unlock The Mystery Of Venture Capital In 10 Lessons

Enter the world of investing in the most valuable startups, learn how VCs get deals and how they make decisions

What you'll learn
Understand why VC is critical for US economic growth
Understand how VCs work
Understand how VCs make decisions
How to structure an investment
How to evaluate a startup

Requirements
No prerequisites

Description
Open AI. Space X. Tik Tok. Many of the most exciting companies are private, with hundreds of millions of customers and billions of dollars in revenue. Almost on a daily basis, they are in the news. They raise tens of billions of dollars to create new products. Investors value them at over $1 billion. Open AI, Space X and Tik Tok are worth $200 to $400 billion. But can average investors buy shares? Can investors get financial information? No. That's because they are private companies, and only special investors have access. This is the world of venture capital. Its private and generally closed to the average person. Dozens of firms you've never heard of investing billions of dollars on startups using AI to solve the hardest problems for humanity. Literally investing in the future. This course is created by a venture capitalist who also teaches venture capital to MBA and graduate students. You will learn exactly why venture capital is so mysterious. What role does venture capital play in the US economy? What does a venture capitalist do? How do venture capitalists make decision? How do venture capitalists find the most promising start ups? How do they spot frauds? What are the different stages of startup? Learn how to diligence a startup, prepare an investment memo, value and negotiate a term sheet. Aside from capital, how else does a venture capital support a company? How do you start a venture capital firm?

Founders interested in learning how to raise capital from VC,Students considering a career in finance,Professionals interested in getting into venture capital