Raising Cash
SBX 7465
Course Hours:  5

Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
 
    -  Understand a business' capacity for financing
 
    -  Realize the timing for injecting debt and equity into the
       business
 
    -  Know the various sources of funding available
 
    -  Understand how to communicate financing needs to
       prospective lenders/investors 
 

Content:
   

     1.  Conventional financing structures
           -  The appropriate mix of debt and equity
           -  Various sources of debt and equity financing
           -  Cost of acquiring debt and equity to the business and
              its owners
           -  How debt and equity is repaid overtime
          
     2.  Determining long-term capital requirements
           -  How to project fixed asset costs and how they will be
              financed
           -  The impact of depreciation on a company's income
               statement and balance sheet
          
     3.  Key metrics used by debt and equity funders
           -  How operating performance is measured and
              monitored by lenders
           -  Net income and cash flows
           -  What equity providers are seeking in return for their
              investments and what benchmarks they use to
              measure the success of the business  

     4.  Strategies for presenting and defending proposed
          funding deals