NBA 5640 - Entrepreneurship and Private Equity

Fall, spring. 3 credits.

D. BenDaniel and S. Gal.

Prof. BenDaniel will supervise the lectures and cases of this course in the first half of the semester. They will focus on the following topics: Management and organization of high-growth businesses, venture capital, alternatives for financing, valuation of closely-held businesses, buying and selling of private businesses, introduction to leverage buyouts, introduction to mergers and acquisitions of private businesses, and distressed business valuation. In this course, a business plan will be prepared by teams throughout the semester. A preliminary proposal by these teams will be reviewed by Professors BenDaniel, Gal, and Director Weiss at the midterm. In the second half of the semester, Professors Gal and Weiss will give a series of lectures on business planning including such topics as definition of the market, sales and distribution, competition, hiring of people, negotiations, deal structures, making pitches and the writing of the plan. They will also advise student teams throughout the semester, as requested. The final version of the business plan will be due at the end of the semester and be reviewed by the professors and the outside consultants.

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