Resources

Through its Breakfast (and Evening) Roundtables, The Capital Network has designed a curriculum that provides entrepreneurs the educational resources needed to learn and understand what it takes to create and grow a startup from an idea, to initial stages of funding, through high growth, and towards a successful exit.

The material from the TCN Roundtables constitute essential educational resources for the entrepreneur, covering diverse topics such as:

Funding Options

• Overview of Funding Sources
• Government Loans and Grants
• Bank Debt Financing
• Debt-like Securities
• Strategic Investment
• Angel Investor Financing
• Venture Capital (VC) Investment
• Other

Characteristics of Fundable Companies

• Angel's View
• VC's View

Pitching the Business Plan

• to Angels
• to VCs

Angel & Venture Term Sheets

• Detailed Concepts
• Dictionary of Terms

Building a Fundable Team

• Recruiter's View
• Angel's View
• VC's View

 

Entrepreneurs are encouraged to take the time to browse through the Past Programs page to download any other additional materials of interest.