Course:
Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity
Darden Professor:
Susan Chaplinsky (Courses) |
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Description: (EFPE) explores a comprehensive set of
financial situations that arise in high growth and risk enterprises.
EFPE attempts to distinguish itself by focusing on the financial
aspects of this activity. Hence, discussions will examine some key
financial considerations, such as how to measure returns, value the
enterprise at different stages of development, and structure the deal
using various forms of financing. |
Course:
Entrepreneurship: An Introduction
Darden Professor:
Gregory B. Fairchild |
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Description: The course explores several fundamental
questions: (1) what is entrepreneurship and what is the significance
of entrepreneurship in the economy? (2) who and what are
"entrepreneurs"? (3) how do you find and identify "good"
opportunities? (4) what alternative venturing formats and entry
strategies exist in/for pursuing entrepreneurial paths? (5) what
alternative and non-obvious financial resources are available to
finance a start-up or acquisition? By term end, we will have dispensed
with two popular myths: (a) that successful entrepreneurship is
serendipitous or random, and (b) that it is limited solely to
individuals "born to be entrepreneurs". |
Course:
Emerging
Markets Finance
Darden Professor:
Wei Li |
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Description: This course explores direct investment and
valuation (corporate finance) issues that are unique to emerging
economies. The risks of investing in these economies are not only
substantial but also qualitatively different from those in developed
economies. In this course, we introduce a set of tools and
models that help future financial managers manage risks and value
risky projects in emerging markets. The course consists of the
following four modules: risk identification, assessment and
management; project finance and the process of risk management,
incorporating country risk in valuation; a modified CAPM framework,
real options. |
Course:
Venture
Capital
Darden Professor:
John W. Glynn |
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Description: This course focuses on the venture capitalists'
professional world and how VCs work with entrepreneurs to create
substantial, enduring ventures. The course addresses (a) how venture
capital firms are formed, funded and managed, (b) how firms manage
their relationships with the Limited Partners who provide their
investment capital, (c) how entrepreneurs seek funding and assistance
from venture capitalists, and (d) how the parties work together to
build successful major companies. |
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Course:
Entrepreneurial Finance
and Private Equity
Chicago Professor:
Steven Neil Kaplan |
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Description: The primary objective of the course is to
provide an understanding of the concepts and institutions involved in
entrepreneurial finance and private equity markets. To do this, the
course has been designed to be broad and comprehensive. We will
explore private equity from a number of perspectives, beginning with
the entrepreneur/issuer, moving to the private equity - venture
capital and leveraged buyout - partnerships, and finishing with
investors in private equity partnerships. The course material is
roughly 2/3 venture capital and 1/3 buyouts. |
Course:
Entrepreneurial Finance
Harvard Professor:
Paul A. Gompers |
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Description: The course covers the acquisition and
deployment of resources at each stage of the entrepreneurial process,
from identification of opportunity to harvesting. The emphasis will be
on achieving a better understanding of the characteristics of the
successful investment and financing decisions in entrepreneurial
settings. Specific topics will include: start-up ventures; financial
management in the rapidly growing firm; consolidations and "roll-ups";
financial distress; deal structuring; valuation; initial public
offerings; the decision to harvest; and leveraged buyouts. Materials
will also be included that focus on the decision-making process of
suppliers of capital to entrepreneurial firms, including commercial
banks, venture capital organizations, and investment banks. |
Course:
Entrepreneurial Finance
Harvard Professor:
William A. Sahlman |
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Description: This group includes students interested in
starting a business, buying an existing one, playing a managerial role
in a rapidly growing business, providing financial and other resources
to entrepreneurial companies, or working in new business development
in larger companies. The materials in the course will cover the
acquisition and deployment of resources at each stage of the
entrepreneurial process, from identification of opportunity to
harvesting. The emphasis will be on achieving a better understanding
of the characteristics of the successful investment and financing
decisions in entrepreneurial settings. |
Course:
Venture
Capital and Private Equity
Harvard Professor:
Josh Lerner |
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Description: This course is primarily geared to students
interested in working for venture capital, leveraged buy-out, or other
private-equity organizations at some point in their careers. It is
also intended for students who expect to work alongside venture
capitalists or other private equity investors, whether as managers of
firms financed by such investors, as investment bankers taking their
firms public, or as money managers investing in these funds. Finally,
it is designed for students interested in exploring how aspects of
private equity investing can be transferred to the management of
projects in established organizations. |
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Course:
Venture
Capital & Private Equity
Michigan Professor:
David J. Brophy |
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Description: This course covers more advanced issues in
venture capital such as evaluation and structure of capital investment
proposals. |
Course:
Financial
Issues in Venture Capital
Stanford Professor:
Manju Puri |
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Description: description N/A |
Course:
Financial
Strategies
Austin Texas Professor:
Robert Parrino |
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Description: The objective of this course is to provide
students with an understanding of the nature of the private equity
market, the principal participants in this market, and the financial
strategies that they employ. Topics covered include: how private
equity funds are raised, structured, and financed; contracting in
private equity markets; valuation of private equity interests; sources
of capital for private companies; strategies for value creation; and
exit strategies. |
Course:
Entrepreneurial Management
Tuck
Professor:
Michael Horvath |
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Description: The class covers (1) selecting winning
opportunities: learning how to evaluate entrepreneurial ideas on the
basis of potential for success and investor interest; (2)
business-plan basics: learning the elements of a convincing business
plan and how to read and dissect business plans; and (3) introduction
to venture capital and entrepreneurial finance: learning how venture
capital firms operate and basic strategies for financing new ventures. |
Course:
Private Equity
Finance
Tuck
Professor:
Professor Colin Blaydon |
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Description: This course examines the financial perspective
on decisions in entrepreneurial settings. While focusing on financial
decisions, the course also looks at entrepreneurial financial
decisions from the perspectives of the business opportunity, the goals
of the participants, and the context, as well as looking at the "deal"
and the resources employed. The course offers a close examination of
the investor's role and the expanding institutional environment of
private equity financing. |
