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GMBA70-104: Financing the Entrepreneurial Venture

Description

The new venture requires a consistent pattern of funding to remain viable. In its infancy, and later in its growth phases, the venture has an insatiable appetite for infusions of cash. A fact that many entrepreneurs fail to realise is that various types of funding may be difficult to obtain or even unavailable to the enterprise; dependent upon the timeframe of its existence. This subject focuses on the entrepreneurial venture and addresses in detail its various stages: seed; prototype; rapid-growth; moderate-growth; mezzanine; and acquisitions and mergers. The appropriate methods of financing and financial analyses are discussed within this context.

Subject details

Type: Postgraduate Subject
Code: GMBA70-104
Faculty: Bond Business School
Semesters offered:
  • May - Bond-BBT MBA 2023 [Non-Standard Offering - Bond-BBT]
  • September - Bond-BBT MBA 2023 [Non-Standard Offering - Bond-BBT]
  • May - Bond-BBT MBA 2024 [Non-Standard Offering - Bond BBT]
Credit: 5
Study areas:
  • Business, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship

Learning outcomes

  1. Understand and identify the various financing stages in business ventures
  2. Understand and identify the various forms of finance available for growth-oriented ventures
  3. Understand types of financiers and when they should be approached
  4. Know what financiers look for when evaluating deals and apply that knowledge to case studies and real business situations
  5. Have an appreciation of how intellectual property issues affect the funding process
  6. Be competent and able to apply fundamental valuation techniques
  7. Know and be able to apply the financial instruments and strategies used in structuring deals
  8. Understand how venture capital funds are established and the venture capital funding process

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil

Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Assumed Prior Learning (or equivalent):

Restrictions: This subject is not available to
  • Study Abroad Students
  • This subject is not available to students on US Financial Aid.
  • Students on a Student Visa may be restricted from enrolment due to the mode of delivery in the chosen semester. Check the subject outline for further details.

Must be admitted into a BBT/MBA Program

This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure.

Subject dates

  • Non-Standard Offering - Bond-BBT
    Enrolment opens: 19/03/2023
    Semester start: 15/05/2023
    Subject start: 15/05/2023
    Cancellation 1: 23/05/2023
    Cancellation 2: 24/05/2023
    Last enrolment: 21/05/2023
    Withdraw - Financial: 30/05/2023
    Withdraw - Academic: 08/06/2023
    Teaching census: 29/05/2023
  • Non-Standard Offering - Bond-BBT
    Enrolment opens: 16/07/2023
    Semester start: 01/01/2024
    Subject start: 01/01/2024
    Cancellation 1: 03/01/2024
    Cancellation 2: 04/01/2024
    Last enrolment: 01/01/2024
    Withdraw - Financial: 05/01/2024
    Withdraw - Academic: 07/01/2024
    Teaching census: 04/01/2024
  • Non-Standard Offering - Bond BBT
    Enrolment opens: 17/03/2024
    Semester start: 01/05/2024
    Subject start: 01/05/2024
    Cancellation 1: 29/05/2024
    Cancellation 2: 05/06/2024
    Last enrolment: 28/05/2024
    Withdraw - Financial: 10/06/2024
    Withdraw - Academic: 01/07/2024
    Teaching census: 09/06/2024
Non-Standard Offering - Bond-BBT
Enrolment opens: 19/03/2023
Semester start: 15/05/2023
Subject start: 15/05/2023
Cancellation 1: 23/05/2023
Cancellation 2: 24/05/2023
Last enrolment: 21/05/2023
Withdraw - Financial: 30/05/2023
Withdraw - Academic: 08/06/2023
Teaching census: 29/05/2023