Overview
The concepts, techniques, instruments and institutions involved in raising new venture finance and private equity. Accounting issues involved in achieving successful outcomes. Entrepreneurial finance, venture and corporate venture capital.
Students learn how to use financial accounting information, apply valuation techniques, evaluate financial health and make investment decisions using an Excel-based learning platform.
About this paper
| Paper title | Finance for Entrepreneurs |
|---|---|
| Subject | Entrepreneurship |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2025 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,571.48 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Pre or Corequisite
- ENTR 411
- Restriction
- ENTR 413
- Limited to
- MEntr, MAppSc, PGDipCom
- Notes
- (i) This paper includes a one-week on-campus component. (ii) International students should enrol for the on-campus offering of this paper (iii) students who do not meet the prerequisites for this paper, may apply for approval from the Programme Director to have the prerequisite waived.
- Eligibility
Practising professionals and students from other Master's programmes can request Special Permission to enrol in this paper. For more information, contact mentr@otago.ac.nz
- Contact
- More information link
View more information on the Master of Entrepreneurship website
- Teaching staff
Dr Helen Roberts and guest entrepreneurs.
- Paper Structure
- Financial statements
- Monitoring performance
- The time value of money
- Managing financial distress
- Compliance and tax
- Dept funding
- Pivot tables
- Project valuation
- Textbooks
To be confirmed
- Course outline
The course outline will be provided prior to the week of teaching. If you would like to see a copy of the most recent offering please email mentr@otago.ac.nz
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Information literacy, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
- Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this paper, you should be able to:
- Know the financial objectives and accounting basis of a business
- Explain the purpose of financial statements for reporting and management
- Understand basic business-tax issues
- Read and understand financial statements
- Undertake the time value of money, estimate cash flows, the cost of capital and apply these concepts to project and firm valuations
- Develop skills that can be used to assess different business ventures and determine how changes in input variables can affect the viability of such investments
- Understand the various sources of equity and angel investing and long-term debt