BUSI 709 Raising Capital for Business Startups

This course provides a detailed overview of the process of raising capital for new business ventures. Topics include planning for fundraising, negotiating valuation, funding for startups and small businesses, funding for diversity businesses, funding for inventions and innovations, and community-based funding.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

Venture capital should be approached as a subject of entrepreneurial strategy, not finance. This course provides a holistic view of the research pertaining to venture capital as a topic of strategy, with specific importance attached to its place in the broader entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions (4)

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread of at least 1000 words in response to the provided prompt for each Discussion. The student must then post 2 replies of at least 250 words. For each thread, the student must support his/her assertions with at least 5 scholarly citations in APA format. For each reply, the student must support his/her assertions with at least 2 scholarly citations in APA format. (CLOs: A, B, D)

AI Pitch Deck and Investor Q&A Simulation Assignment

This assignment examines the limitations of artificial intelligence (AI)-Generated venture analysis and the necessity of human judgment in venture capital decision-making. The student will use AI to develop a startup pitch and critically evaluate the reliability of the AI-generated output. Using PowerPoint, the student will create a 10-slide investor pitch deck, evaluate and correct the AI-generated analysis and investor objections, and submit a 5–7-minute recorded investor presentation. The student must also submit an AI reliability Reflection consisting of his or her responses to 3 provided questions, with each response containing a minimum of 200 words for a total minimum of 600 words. APA 7 in-text citations and a reference page are required.

Annotated Bibliography: Financing Sources for Venture Capital Assignment

For this assignment, the student will create an annotated bibliography that focuses on an assigned topic. The assignment must include 10 citations, each accompanied by an annotation of at least 200 words, for a minimum of 2,000 words. Acceptable sources include scholarly articles published within the last 5 years. The assignment must follow current APA guidelines. (CLOs: A, B, C)

Literature Review: Research Issues in Venture Capital Assignment

A literature review is written to highlight specific arguments and ideas in a field of study. For this assignment, the student will create a literature review focused on research issues in venture capital. The review must be 10 pages, excluding the title page, abstract, and references section, and must follow current APA formatting guidelines. A minimum of 10 citations is required and acceptable sources include scholarly articles published within the last 5 years. (CLOs: A, B, C, D)

Course Synthesis and Biblical Reflection Assignment

This assignment requires a 4,000-word course synthesis and biblical reflection. The submission must include a title page, abstract, and reference page, and the student must address the full venture life cycle from screening to exit, explaining how case analysis, research, and pitch development shaped his or her thinking. A minimum of 2 references to course modules and/or cases must be included and the paper must incorporate a minimum of 12 scholarly sources in addition to the assigned course text and the Bible. Sources must be current, relevant, and well-integrated to support the student’s synthesis, analysis, and biblical reflection. All sources must be cited and referenced in accordance with current APA guidelines.