Essential Things to Know When Forming Your Startup | San Francisco
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.