You’ve taken the bold leap into entrepreneurship — now learn to manage it. Master finance, accounting, business structures, networking, operational planning, and risk management to steer your venture towards a sustainable future.
Managing a Business Venture is the final course in the three-part entrepreneurship series, guiding entrepreneurs through strategic business management and startup operational planning. The course covers entrepreneurial finance and accounting including financial statements and projections, special funding strategies, choosing and understanding business structures with their legal, tax, and risk implications, building and connecting to entrepreneurial networks, assembling a dream team, designing a startup operational plan, and mitigating and managing risks. The series builds a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary skillset applicable to entrepreneurial ventures and professional careers alike. This is part of the Professional Skills Learning Collection.
Curriculum Chapters
- 1. Overview of Entrepreneurial Finance and Accounting Strategies
- 2. Special Funding Strategies
- 3. Accounting Basics for Entrepreneurs
- 4. Developing Startup Financial Statements and Projections
- 5. Building and Connecting to Networks
- 6. Building the Entrepreneurial Dream Team
- 7. Designing a Startup Operational Plan
- 8. Business Structures: Overview of Legal and Tax Considerations
- 9. A Closer Look at Business Structures
- 10. Additional Considerations: Capital Acquisition, Business Domicile, and Technology
- 11. Mitigating and Managing Risks
- 12. Making Difficult Business Decisions in Response to Challenges
- 13. Seeking Help or Support
Skills You Will Learn
Explain entrepreneurial finance and accounting strategies and identify appropriate funding sources including special funding strategies. Apply accounting basics for entrepreneurs and develop startup financial statements and projections. Build and connect to entrepreneurial networks and leverage connections for business growth. Assemble an entrepreneurial dream team and apply team-building principles. Design a startup operational plan. Explain different business structures and their legal and tax considerations and select an appropriate structure for a venture. Understand capital acquisition, business domicile, and technology considerations. Identify, mitigate, and manage business risks. Make difficult business decisions in response to real-world challenges. Identify and access appropriate sources of help and support for entrepreneurs.
Course Details
Course Type: Free self-paced
Time: 20 Hours
Modules: 13
Level: Beginner
Prerequisites
None formally required. Completion of Discovering Entrepreneurship and Launching a Business Venture is recommended as the first and second courses in the series.
Certification & Career
Career and Certification alignment: No target certification for this course. This is the third and final course in the entrepreneurship series within the Professional Skills Learning Collection. Upon completion, earners receive the Managing a Business Venture course badge plus four module-level sub-badges covering Entrepreneurial Finance and Accounting, Building Networks and Foundations, Business Structure Options: Legal, Tax, and Risk Issues, and Next Steps.
Achievements & Badges
Upon completion, earn a Cisco Networking Academy digital badge plus four module-level sub-badges. Share your verified achievements on LinkedIn, your CV, or professional profile.
What Cisco verifies: Cisco verifies the earner of this badge successfully completed the Managing a Business Venture course. The holder of this credential has practical skills in entrepreneurial finance and accounting, startup financial planning, business structure selection, legal and tax considerations, risk mitigation and management, entrepreneurial networking, team building, and operational planning for a sustainable business venture.
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