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4FW3 – Fall 2022
degroote.mcmaster.ca
Commerce 4FW3
Finance for Entrepreneurs
Fall 2022 Course Outline
Finance and Business Economics
DeGroote School of Business
McMaster University
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OURSE
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BJECTIVE
This course is intended for students who wish to enhance their skills and knowledge in those areas of
business that lead to successful entrepreneurship and/or small business management. The focus will
on those financial issues and decisions of particular concern to sole proprietors, partnerships, family-
owned businesses and small non-public corporations. This will include the financial aspects of the
relationship between the firm and its owners. The course is intended to be non-technical in order to be
accessible by students with a variety of backgrounds .
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NSTRUCTOR AND
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ONTACT
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NFORMATION
Section 1: Wed 8:30 am – 11:20 am Section 2: Mon 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Class Location: PGCLL M24 Class Location: BSB 105
Prof. Sumit Bose, MBA CFP FMA CIWM FCSI
Instructor
[email protected]
Office: TSH 615
Office Hours: By Appointment
Course website:
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OURSE
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LEMENTS
Credit Value: 3 Leadership: Yes IT skills: No Global view: Yes
A2L: Yes Ethics: No Numeracy: Yes Written skills: Yes
Participation: Yes Innovation: Yes Group work: Yes Oral skills: Yes
Evidence-based: Yes Experiential: No Final Exam: Yes Guest speaker(s): Yes

4FW3 – Fall 2022
degroote.mcmaster.ca
C
OURSE
D
ESCRIPTION
This course covers key aspects of successful entrepreneurship and/or small business management,
including development of a business plan, organizing and financing a new venture, measuring and
evaluating financial performance, short-term and long-term financial planning, creating and recognizing
venture value, structuring financing for the growing venture, and exit and turnaround strategies.
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EARNING
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UTCOMES
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to complete the following key tasks:
➢ Understand the components of a sound business model;
➢ Develop and write a business plan;
➢ Be able to decide whether the venture should be a proprietorship, partnership or corporation;
➢ Be able to measure and evaluate financial performance;
➢ Be able to prepare a cash budget;
➢ Be able to explain how the time pattern of cash flows relates to the value of the venture;
➢ Be able to identify various sources of financing; and
➢ Develop an exit strategy.
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OURSE
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ATERIALS AND
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EADINGS
 Avenue registration for course content, readings, and case materials
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 Textbook: Entrepreneurial Finance, 7th Edition, Leah and Melicor.
$ FREE
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OURSE
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ELIVERY AND
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OOLS
LEARNING ACTIVITIES DELIVERY DESCRIPTION TOOL(S)
Lecture Core Content In-person Live in-person lectures
Readings Asynch Textbook Chapters and Readings on Avenue Textbook
Class Discussions In Person Participation Questions and cases discussed during Live Class