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    Essential Things to Know When Forming Your Startup

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    About this workshop

    These workshops will provide founders and entrepreneurs with a practical understanding of the essential things to know in order to navigate through the early stage of a company's existence. Topics will include: essential components of starting a scalable company, raising capital, startup finance and creating materials for fundraising.

    Takeaways

    Session I - Business Formation & Early Stage Capital

    • Idea generation and how to assess opportunities
    • Choosing legal entity
    • Deciding ownership
    • Growing your business
    • Understanding operations
    • Considering revenue streams
    • Why do you need capital, and different sources for getting it
    • What is required for an initial raise and subsequent rounds
    • Uses of funds
    • Liquidity

    Session II - Startup Finance, Pitch Books & Executive Summaries

    • Key terms (burn, run rate…)
    • Financial statement analysis
    • Bottoms up market analysis
    • Mission control assumptions
    • Creating an income statement
    • Valuing your startup
    • Cap tables & dilution
    • Balance sheet & cash flows
    • Personalized Investor Deck
    • Personalized Exec. Summary

    Prereqs & Preparation

    Students should come prepared to talk about their business or idea and to build relationships with other emerging startup founders.

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