The ultimate Startup Finance 101 course

Learn how startups can efficiently fundraise, plan, operate and report while they grow in just 10 weeks!

Milan Golovics
Founder, BAO Consulting
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Registration is now open!

We help you understand what's under the hood when it comes to capital allocation at a startup, whether you are:

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A Startup Founder
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An Aspiring CFO
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A Finance Manager
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An Investor

Complete the Startup Finance 101 course and get access to exclusive opportunities working for startups in our network!

Don't wait! Our first Cohort starts in early October 2024.

What will you learn?

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Introduction to Startup Finance

Introduction to Startup Finance covers the essential financial principles and practices needed to successfully launch and manage a startup.

2

Startup Business Models

Startup Business Models explores various frameworks and strategies that startups use to create, deliver, and capture value. The course examines different business model types, revenue streams, and value propositions.

3

Startup Financing

Startup Financing delves into the various methods and sources of funding available to new ventures, from bootstrapping and angel investors to venture capital and crowdfunding.

4

Introduction to Venture Capital

Introduction to Venture Capital provides an overview of how venture capital firms operate and their role in funding high-growth startups. The course covers key aspects such as the investment process, valuation techniques, and the relationship between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.

What's included in the Startup Finance 101 course?

4
Modules
10
Lessons
50+
Chapters
10
Weeks
3
Hours a Week

Course Objectives

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Business Models

Understand and learn how to model most relevant startup business models.

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Financing

Get an understanding of how startups can be financed.

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Fundraising

Delve into Fundraising and its impact on a startup.

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Reporting Models

Design and operate reporting models for both internal and investor relations use cases.

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Tools & Techniques

Get familiar with the tools and techniques needed to understand and successfully work in a startup-specific financial role.

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Startup CFO Community

Be part of a community of aspiring startup CFOs and get real-life experience through working with one of our extensive network of startups.

Course Outline

Introduction to Startup Finance

Introduction to Startup Finance covers the essential financial principles and practices needed to successfully launch and manage a startup.

Lesson 0

Get up to speed with Excel
  • What are the main elements of a good, concise Excel file
  • Visually guiding the logic in an Excel file
  • How to make your workbooks robust
  • Tips and Tricks

Lesson 1

Startup & Finance
  • What is a startup? Why not a small business?
  • How to run a startup lean and mean?
  • Understanding Unit Economics, the building blocks of a sound business
  • Startup Financials
  • A Relevant Case Study

Startup Business Models

Startup Business Models explores various frameworks and strategies that startups use to create, deliver, and capture value. The course examines different business model types, revenue streams, and value propositions.

Lesson 2

Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • What is it?
  • KPIs of a SaaS business
  • Cohort analysis
  • A Relevant Case Study

Lesson 3

Platforms, Marketplaces & E-commerce
  • Definitions
  • Key concepts and KPIs
  • A Relevant Case Study

Lesson 4

Emerging Business Models
  • Fintech
  • Data Monetization
  • AI and Usage based business models
  • A Relevant Case Study

Lesson 5

Reporting at a Startup
  • The Process
  • The Structure
  • Forecasting
  • The BURN
  • A Relevant Case Study

Startup Financing

Startup Financing delves into the various methods and sources of funding available to new ventures, from bootstrapping and angel investors to venture capital and crowdfunding.

Lesson 6

Funding for startups
  • Public money, banks, Venture debt
  • Revenue-based financing
  • Private funding and Venture capital
  • A Relevant Case Study

Lesson 7

Investment Rounds 101
  • Key Concepts
  • Accounting
  • The cap table
  • Valuations and stages
  • A Relevant Case Study

Lesson 8

Investment Rounds 102
  • ESOP
  • SAFEs and Convertibles
  • Other fundraising activities
  • A Relevant Case Study

Lesson 9

Startup Governance
  • Governance Structure: The Board
  • Legal Frameworks: from bylaws through term sheets to SHAs
  • SHA deep dive
  • A Relevant Case Study

Introduction to Venture Capital

Introduction to Venture Capital provides an overview of how venture capital firms operate and their role in funding high-growth startups. The course covers key aspects such as the investment process, valuation techniques, and the relationship between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.

Lesson 10

Introduction to Venture Capital
  • What is VC
  • Why and How Does it Work
  • KPIs in VC
  • A Relevant Case Study

Highlights

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Level: From Beginner
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Duration: 
10 weeks
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Weekly workload: 3 hours  
Price: 990 EUR
Payable in up to 3 installments
Limited scholarships available
Live Online Sessions
Taught in English
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Downloadable Files
Recordings Available Later

We extensively work with startups on their strategic and day-to-day financial challenges.

We offer Fractional CFO services to our clients, which means that once we set up their financial processes, we designate a finance professional from our network to run said processes.

Introducing:

Startup CFO POOL Party

Complete the Startup Finance 101 course and join our CFO Pool!

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CFO Pool Party Members get:

  • Project-based or part-time working opportunities at startups
  • Regular meetups and further workshops for free
  • An exclusive community Slack to discuss work, business, or anything 
  • Newsletters and occasional offerings of angel investing opportunities

Who is this for?

CEOs and C-suite of early stage startups

If you want better control over your startup’s finances and thus have a better understanding of what is going on in your company and ultimately make better decisions as a leader.

Startup Finance Professionals

(Re)Learn the most important financial concepts that can help you with your day to day work and can help you scale professionally as the business grows.

Corporate Finance Professionals

Whether you are in finance-related positions at a Big 4 company, or in FP&A or controlling at a multinational company, our course can help you change the course of your career.

Angel Investors and (Young) VC Professionals

If you want a deeper understanding of what makes a startup tick and have a better fundamental analysis framework when evaluating prospective deals.

Overall Passionate Startup Ecosystem Folks

Whether you are a student, an entrepreneur or a professor for that matter, you can get a deeper dive into the financial aspects of founding and running a startup. 

Milan Golovics

Founder, BAO Consulting

Meet the teacher

After spending 10+ years in the financial world in various roles from M&A analyst through VC and an early employee at a startup to being a financial journalist, he co-founded BAO – Business As Optimal Consulting, a boutique consulting firm specializing in strategic and operational financial advisory for early stage (pre-seed/seed stage) startups.

He is a very active member of the CEE startup ecosystem and taught university students and highschoolers about the intricacies of Venture Capital and Startups. This gave him the idea to put together a course, partly from his past teaching engagements and from the internal training documents used to onboard new consultants at BAO Consulting.

Enrollment

In three easy steps.

1

Pre-register

This means no financial obligation, this is just to have an overall pulse check on demand and can better resolve questions that way

By August 31st
2

Course Presentation

We will present the course outline and will have a live Q&A with all pre-registered students. This will be another vibe check opportunity to see if this course is for you

On September 15th
3

First Live Session

This marks the official start of the 10-week long course and the deadline to pay at least the first installment of the fee.

On October 10th
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